keep an act up

and keep one's act up

to maintain behavior that is a false show; to continue with one's facade. (The an can be replaced with the, this, that, etc.) How long do I have to keep this act up? I am tired of fooling people. I am weary of keeping up my act.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ranald	-	Scottish
ÁSmundur	-	Icelandic
Kalpana	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Nepali
Marijse	-	Dutch
Erland	ER-lahnd (Swedish)	Swedish, Danish
Janet	['dʒænit]