The soldiers acquitted themselves well/honorably in battle.
The young actress acquitted herself extremely well/capably in her first film.
He acquitted himself poorly in handling the controversy.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
acquit yourself well — acquit yourself well/honourably/admirably etc/ phrase to behave or perform in a way that other people admire Thesaurus: to do something well or better than someone elsesynonym Main entry: acquit … Useful english dictionary
acquit yourself honourably — acquit yourself well/honourably/admirably etc/ phrase to behave or perform in a way that other people admire Thesaurus: to do something well or better than someone elsesynonym Main entry: acquit … Useful english dictionary
acquit yourself admirably — acquit yourself well/honourably/admirably etc/ phrase to behave or perform in a way that other people admire Thesaurus: to do something well or better than someone elsesynonym Main entry: acquit … Useful english dictionary
acquit — UK [əˈkwɪt] / US verb [transitive] Word forms acquit : present tense I/you/we/they acquit he/she/it acquits present participle acquitting past tense acquitted past participle acquitted [usually passive] to state officially that someone is not… … English dictionary
acquit — ac|quit [əˈkwıt] v past tense and past participle acquitted present participle acquitting [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: acquiter, from quite free of ] 1.) [T usually passive] to give a decision in a court of law that someone is not… … Dictionary of contemporary English
acquit — ac|quit [ ə kwıt ] verb transitive usually passive to state officially that someone is not guilty of the crime they were accused of: acquit someone of something: He was eventually acquitted of the charges. acquit yourself well/honorably/admirably … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
acquit — verb acquitted, acquitting 1 (transitive usually passive) to give a decision in a court of law that someone is not guilty of a crime: All the defendants were acquitted. | acquit sb of sth: She was acquitted of murder. 2 acquit yourself… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
acquit — [[t]əkwɪ̱t[/t]] acquits, acquitting, acquitted 1) VERB: usu passive If someone is acquitted of a crime in a court of law, they are formally declared not to have committed the crime. [be V ed of n] Mr Ling was acquitted of disorderly behaviour by… … English dictionary
acquit — [əˈkwɪt] verb [T] to state officially that someone is not guilty of a crime He was eventually acquitted of the charges.[/ex] • acquit yourself well to behave or perform in a way that other people admire[/ex] … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
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