out-act
verb[T]
(alsooutact)uk/ˌaʊtˈækt/us/ˌaʊt̬ˈækt/to be abetteractorthan someoneelse; to give abetterperformancein afilm,play, etc. than otherpeople:
It isembarrassingthat the non-humanperformersin thisfilmout-act thehumanstars.
Supportingactorsneed to becarefulnot to out-act thestars.
- It's notdifficultto outact someone whoseemscapableofexpressingonly a verylimitedrangeofemotions.
- She out-acted thewholecastwith aneffortlesslybrilliantperformance.
- Heseemedtobreezethrough theaudition, outacting everyoneelsewithoutbreakingasweat.
Cinema & theatre: acting, rehearsing & performing
- act out
- amateur theater
- appear
- blocking
- camp
- chew
- chew the sceneryidiom
- corpse
- dumb show
- greasepaint
- interpreter
- method acting
- overact
- re-enactment
- recreation
- rep
- tread
- walk throughsomething
- walkthrough
- wrap party