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US
/ˌmɪsbəˈheɪv, ˌmɪsbiˈheɪv/
]
[ UK /mɪsbɪhˈeɪv/ ]
[ UK /mɪsbɪhˈeɪv/ ]
VERB
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behave badly
The children misbehaved all morning
How To Use misbehave In A Sentence
- Teenagers don't seem to understand that they don't have to actively misbehave to be disagreeable to older people.
- The majority of parents who did not misbehave want to restage the play. Times, Sunday Times
- And when rugby players misbehave it is apparently football's problem, too. Times, Sunday Times
- They said girls often misbehaved more subtly and were harder to manage by established methods aimed at aggressive male behaviour.
- When the children misbehaved she was unable to cope.
- She reaches the conclusion that, because some students (the vast minority) misbehave, it is acceptable to treat all students however the city pleases.
- Its seems that whenever English fans misbehave a big stick of disqualification is waved about.
- His sculptures misbehave, they defy convention, they turn utilitarian objects and practical actions into outlandish things involving wonder and humor.
- If they misbehave, they're sent back from whence they came.
- If you widen the terms of reference to say conflict diamonds include all governments who misbehave, that is a different process," said Izhakoff. Reuters: Top News