keep up an act



keep up an act

 and keep up one's act
Fig. to maintain a false front; to act in a special way that is different from one's natural behavior. Most of the time John kept up an act. He was really not a friendly person. He works hard to keep up his act.
See also: act, keep, up

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Harmonia-Greek Mythology
Yeong-Cheolyung-chulKorean
Marise-French
SÉRaphinese-ra-FEENFrench
Imran-Arabic, Urdu, Punjabi, Malay, Bengali
Deusdedit-Late Roman