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play up   (TTS Sound)

The verb play up has 2 senses

• 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")


• 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")