3
play up(verb, expression, fail, disobey, malfunction)
3
rebel(verb, disregard, ignore, snub, overlook)
3
roughhouse(verb, act, play, fail, joke)
2
be bad(verb, act, fail, mistreat, KO)
2
be naughty
2
be reprehensible(verb, expression, idiom, act)
2
fail(verb, act)
2
fall(lapse, blunder, stumble, stray, vice)
2
fool around(verb, expression, act, play, fail)
2
horse around(verb, phrasal verb, good, informal, behave)
2
overstep(verb, disregard, ignore, offend, snub)
1
carry
1
raise hell(verb, expression, malfunction)
1
act
1
act out(verb, expression, malfunction)
1
amiss
1
balk(verb, disregard, ignore, snub, overlook)
1
be at fault(verb, act)
1
be dissolute(verb, act)
1
be guilty(verb, act)
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