act (one's) age

To act in accordance with one's expected level of maturity. Really, John, act your age a little, you're like a child sometimes. I'm glad that Sarah is so committed to her studies, but sometimes I wish she would act her age and go out with friends a bit.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Larry	LER-ee, LAR-ee	English
Aegle	-	Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Claudette	[klɔ:'det]
BlaŽEnka	-	Croatian
Carter	['ka:tə]
Marika	MAH-ree-kah (Finnish)	Czech, Slovak, Polish, Hungarian, Greek, Finnish, Estonian