'play up' definitions:

Definition of 'play up'

verb

Move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent; "The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics" [syn: foreground, highlight, spotlight, play up] [ant: background, downplay, play down]

verb

Ingratiate oneself to; often with insincere behavior; "She is playing up to the chairman" [syn: cozy up, cotton up, shine up, play up, sidle up, suck up]

Words containing 'play up'

Play,
Played,
Played out,
Playful,
Playfully,
Playfulness,
Playing,
To play off,
in play,
out of play,
play down,
play off,
play on,
play out,
play up to,
Boy's play,
Child's play,
Cudgel play,
Double play,
Edge play,
End play,
Fair Play,
Match play,
Medal play,
Miracle play,
Moral play,
Passion play,
Play actor,
Play debt,
Play of colors,
Play pleasure,
Playing card,
Playing cards,
Puppet play,
To bring into play,
To come into play,
To cut a play,
To hold in play,
To mount a play,
To play booty,
To play devil with,
To play dummy,
To play for love,
To play hob,
To play possum,
To play rex,
To play the fool,
To play the mischief,
To play truant,
To play upon,
Wake play,
baseball play,
basketball play,
carillon playing,
dramatic play,
draw play,
football play,
force play,
foul play,
morality play,
mystery play,
passing play,
period of play,
play a joke on,
play a trick on,
play along,
play around,
play around with,
play back,
play ball,
play by ear,
play dumb,
play false,
play group,
play havoc with,
play hooky,
play it by ear,
play list,
play on words,
play possum,
play reading,
play safe,
play the game,
play the market,
play therapy,
play tricks,
play with fire,
playing area,
playing field,
playing period,
power play,
running play,
satyr play,
shadow play,
squeeze play,
stroke play,
trap play,
triple play,
word play,
A play upon words,
Fair Play, MO,
To play at ducks and drakes,
To play first fiddle,
To play into a person's hands,
To play one's cards,
To play second fiddle,
card-playing,
long-play,
long-playing,
play-actor,
play-box,
safety squeeze play,
suicide squeeze play,
To play one's cards well,
To play pitch and toss with anything,
To play snow one's cards