play up, v.
freq. cnt. 1
freq. cnt. 1
move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
foreground highlight play up spotlight
sample sentences
"The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
antonym
semantic pointers
hypernym
ingratiate oneself to; often with insincere behavior
<verb.emotion>
cotton up cozy up play up shine up sidle up suck up
sample sentences
"She is playing up to the chairman"verb frames
Somebody ----s PPverb frames
Somebody ----s PPverb frames
Somebody ----s PPverb frames
Somebody ----s PPverb frames
Somebody ----s PPverb frames
Somebody ----s PP
semantic pointers
hypernym