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English verb: play up | |||
| 1. | play up (change) move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent | ||
| Samples | The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics. | ||
| Synonyms | foreground, highlight, spotlight | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bring out, set off | ||
| Antonyms | background, play down, downplay | ||
| 2. | play up (emotion) ingratiate oneself to; often with insincere behavior | ||
| Samples | She is playing up to the chairman. | ||
| Synonyms | cotton up, cozy up, shine up, sidle up, suck up | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | ingratiate | ||
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