'play up' definitions:
Definition of 'play up'
(from WordNet)
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
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