acted one's age
Showed expected maturity
To act one's age is to behave with the maturity expected for how old you are.
The phrase appears almost exclusively in the negative—as a complaint that someone is being childish or immature: Stop being ridiculous and act your age.
The command act your age, not your shoe size adds playful emphasis.
- grown upReached full adulthood
- responsibilityState of being answerable
- self-controlAbility to restrain impulses
- impulse controlRegulating sudden urges
- disciplineTrained self-control or specialty
good judgment · etiquette · patience · rules · respect · social norms · propriety · accountability · self-awareness · professionalism · decorum · peer influence · curfew · emotional intelligence · empathy · composure · age-appropriate · know better
acted one's ageacted out
Performed without words
threw a tantrum · regressed · acted the fool · goofed off · horsed around
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