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Definition of 'play up'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) foreground, highlight, spotlight, play up
move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent
"The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics"

2. (verb) cozy up, cotton up, shine up, play up, sidle up, suck up
ingratiate oneself to; often with insincere behavior
"She is playing up to the chairman"

Definition of 'play up'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) play up
to make sth seem important
He played up the program's faults to get support for his new plan.

Translation of 'play up'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to be troublesome or disobedient The children are playing up today.
Afrikaans: is moeilik, ongehoorsaam	Arabic: يتَصَرَّفُ بِعِصيان وإزْع	Bulgarian: създавам проблеми
Brazilian: portar-se mal	Czech: vyvádět	German: sich aufspielen
Danish: spille op	Greek: κάνω σκανταλιές	Spanish: dar la lata, portarse mal
Estonian: jonnitujus olema	Farsi: دردسر ساز بودن	Finnish: olla ongelmallinen
French: faire des siennes	Hebrew: לא מְצַייתִים	Hindi: दिक्कत देना या बात नहीं म
Croatian: manipulirati	Hungarian: nem bír magával	Indonesian: tidak patuh
Icelandic: veraóþekkur	Italian: (fare i capricci)	Japanese: いうことをきかない
Korean: 때를 쓰다	Lithuanian: išdykauti, krėsti išdaiga	Latvian: sagādāt nepatikšanas; kai
Malay: degil	Dutch: lastig, ondeugend zijn	Norwegian: irritere, være ulydig
Polish: dokazywać	Persian: دردسر ساز بودن	Pashto: ستونزمن اوسيدل
Portuguese: portar-se mal	Romanian: a fi neastâmpărat	Russian: не слушаться
Slovak: vyvádzať	Slovenian: nagajati	Serbian: loše se ponašati
Swedish: bråka, ställa till besvär	Thai: ไม่เชื่อฟัง	Turkish: huysuzluk etmek; arıza çı
Taiwanese: 令人煩惱	Ukrainian: не слухатися	Urdu: پريشان کن يا نافرمان ہونا
Vietnamese: nghịch ngợm	Chinese: 令人烦恼
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