wrong+act
101catch someone in the act (of doing something) — phrase to find someone and interrupt them when they are doing something wrong He denies all guilt, even though he was caught in the act. Thesaurus: to notice or recognize something or someonesynonym Main entry: act …
102read someone the riot act — read (someone) the riot act see ↑riot, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑read read (someone) the riot act : to speak in an angry and critical way to (someone who has done something wrong) : to tell (someone) that bad behavior will be severely punished if it… …
103bark up the wrong tree — To act, speak, proceed, etc under a misapprehension, mistakenly to take inappropriate action • • • Main Entry: ↑bark …
104To take an act thing amiss — Amiss A*miss , adv. [Pref. a + miss.] Astray; faultily; improperly; wrongly; ill. [1913 Webster] What error drives our eyes and ears amiss? Shak. [1913 Webster] Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss. James iv. 3. [1913 Webster] {To take… …
105Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act — The Revenue Act or Wilson Gorman Tariff of 1894 (ch. 349, §73, USStat|28|570, August 27, 1894) slightly reduced the United States tariff rates from the numbers set in the 1890 McKinley tariff and imposed a 2% income tax. It is named for William L …
106The Sister Act — Infobox Television episode Colour = #ffaa44 Series = The O.C. Title = The Sister Act Season = 3 (2005 2006) Caption = Marissa and Kaitlin Episode = 12 Airdate = January 19, 2006 (FOX) Writer = Leila Geirstein Director = Ian Tonyton Production =… …
107Iraq War De-Escalation Act of 2007 — On January 30, 2007, U.S. Senator Barack Obama introduced the Iraq War De Escalation Act of 2007 (USBill|110|S|433). The plan would have stopped the 2007 U.S. Troop Surge of 21,500 in Iraq, and would also have begun a phased redeployment of… …
108do a disappearing act — If someone does a disappearing act, they simply vanish, especially if they have done something wrong or dishonest. Just before the police arrived, the suspect did a disappearing act …
109catch someone in the act — catch (someone) in the act to discover someone doing something wrong. I was trying to clear up the mess on the carpet before anyone noticed it, but Isobel came in and caught me in the act …
110catch in the act — catch (someone) in the act to discover someone doing something wrong. I was trying to clear up the mess on the carpet before anyone noticed it, but Isobel came in and caught me in the act …
