Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows.
NEW iPhone Audio English dictionary


Verb: play up
  1. Move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent
    "The introduction played up the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics"
    - foreground, highlight, spotlight
     
  2. Ingratiate oneself to; often with insincere behaviour
    "She is playing up to the chairman"
    - cozy up, cotton up, shine up, sidle up, suck up

Derived forms: played up, plays up, playing up

Type of: bring out, ingratiate, set off

Antonym: play down

Nearest

play list
play off
play on words
play out
play possum
play reading
play the field
play therapy
play tricks
play truant
play up
play with fire
playa
playable
playact
playacting
playactor
play-actor
playback
playbill
playbook