Definitions for play up
play up

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. foreground, highlight, spotlight, play upverb

   move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent

   "The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics"

2. cozy up, cotton up, shine up, play up, sidle up, suck upverb

   ingratiate oneself to; often with insincere behavior

   "She is playing up to the chairman"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. play upverb

   To misbehave

2. play upverb

   To make or attempt to make something appear more important, likely or obvious; to showcase or highlight

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1. play up

   To play up refers to emphasizing, exaggerating or drawing attention to a particular aspect, quality or feature of something or someone. It can also mean to behave in a way that seeks to gain attention or to make a situation seem worse than it really is. In the context of machines or equipment, "play up" could mean to malfunction or not work properly.

Matched Categories

1. • Bring Out
   • Ingratiate

How to pronounce play up?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Neerja

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   Oliver

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How to say play up in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of play up in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of play up in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of play up in a Sentence

1. Roman Pilipey/Getty Images Herbst:

   Because the Russian military has been such a failure in Ukraine, it is helpful to explain this as a war with NATO rather than Ukraine. This also helps justify whatever steps Putin might take next, and Russia has been very keen to play up the idea that this might mean going nuclear.

2. Rob Ford:

   French President Emmanuel Macron is a leader who is arguably at French President Emmanuel Macron best when French President Emmanuel Macron is fighting an enemy, post-Brexit, the incentive to play up minor conflicts with Read MoreWhen France is greater because it can no longer punish us inside the structures of the EU.

3. Rickie Fowler:

   It's amazing, we obviously look at this as one of the biggest tournaments we play, up against the majors.

4. Architect Carson Arthur:

   When you enclose a small space even more, you play up its coziness and make it intimate, something that’s hard to achieve with large spaces, this also takes it to the next level of feeling like an outdoor room.

5. Rachel Minyoung Lee:

   The report in Korean has characterized Kim's climb up to Mt Paektu on horseback as a new 'myth', and that, together with the images of him on a white horse, appear to have been designed to create maximum propaganda effect, which I believe media will play up in the days to come.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=play up
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Play_Up
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com