action,
deed, doing, undertaking, exploit, performance, achievement, accomplishment,
feat
performance,
entertainment, turn, piece, item
pretense,
show, sham, put-on (informal), con, feint, play-acting (informal), ploy,
hamming
law,
piece of legislation, statute, decree, enactment, measure, bill
replace,
represent, act on behalf of, appear on behalf of, speak for
take
action, take steps, proceed, be active, perform, operate, work, get down
to, get on, get going, do your stuff
behave,
conduct yourself, comport yourself (formal), acquit yourself (formal),
perform
pretend,
put on an act, put it on, play, fake, feign, play-act (informal), ham it
up
function,
work, take effect, produce a result, produce an effect, do its stuff
perform,
act out, be in, appear, play, represent, enact, portray