The phrase "act hard" is not correct in written English.
Instead, you might use the phrase "act tough" as in the sentence "He acted tough when the bully threatened him."
The person on the other end of the phone appears to ask why he is filming, to which she responds: "He wants to put it on YouTube, try and act hard coz' I called him a racist ignorant n****r".
Act hard, act out, act in a way that would come to be called gangsterish, pulling petty crimes, a soft kind of tough, knowing that there'd always be someone to post bail if one of your grubby schemes fell apart.
Reding must act hard and fast if her volte-face on this issue is to have any impact – and other European governments, including Britain's, must back her loud and clear.
Then came the rejoinder, in a loutish guest rap from Jadakiss, who sneered, "You wanna act hard?/Yeah, I'm-a give you your keys back — just give me my platinum and black cards".
But I was trying to act hard in front of the older boys.
Act hard, and tough; be logical and remote, witty and distant.
For neither Odette nor Siegfried is this act hardest in terms of technique.
Dr. Câmara's findings made the president's balancing act harder and turned up the heat on what had been a long-simmering battle between businesses and environmentalists.
Acting tough, acting hard, acting cold.
And though she acts hard to get, playing one man off against another, she consents to being caught in the end.
Generally, compound phases in alloys are harder than matrix and act as hard particles at dry wear condition.
