āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
to play up
[phrase form: play]
01
āĻā§āϰ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύā§āϝ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to make something seem more important or noticeable by highlighting it
Transitive: to play up sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The company chose to play the benefits of the product up in their advertising campaign.
āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĒāĻŖā§āϝā§āϰ āϏā§āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāĻāϞāĻžāĻāĻ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāύā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
02
āĻāĻžāύ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻ āϤāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻā§āϤ āĻāϰāĻž
to act in an insincere way, to gain favor or approval from someone else
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The interns tend to play up when they're seeking a full-time position.
āĻāύā§āĻāĻžāϰā§āύāϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖāĻāĻžāϞā§āύ āĻ
āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻā§āĻāĻāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻžāύ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻŖāϤāĻž āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
03
āĻ āĻŋāĻāĻ āĻžāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ āύāĻž āĻāϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āϰāĻžāύā§āϤāĻŋ āϏā§āώā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻž
(of machines or equipment) to not work properly
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
My laptop has started to play up; I might need to get it checked.
āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϞā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻāĻĒ āĻāĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āĻšāϤ⧠āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻāϰā§āĻā§; āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§āώāĻž āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§āĻāύ āĻšāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤
04
āĻ āϏā§āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻž āϏā§āώā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻž, āϏāĻŽāϏā§āϝāĻž āϏā§āώā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻž
to cause discomfort or trouble
Dialect
British
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Her allergies play up whenever she's around cats.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ
ā§āϝāĻžāϞāĻžāϰā§āĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻĄāĻŧā§ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϝāĻāύāĻ āϏ⧠āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞā§āϰ āĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
05
āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻā§āϞāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰ⧠āĻĒā§āϰāĻā§āώā§āĻāĻž āĻāϰāĻž
to perform with enhanced energy or determination
Dialect
British
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After the coach 's pep talk during halftime, the players came out ready to play up and turn the game around.
āĻšāĻžāĻĢāĻāĻžāĻāĻŽā§ āĻā§āĻā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§āϰāĻŖāĻžāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ āĻāĻĨā§āĻĒāĻāĻĨāύā§āϰ āĻĒāϰā§, āĻā§āϞā§āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰ⧠āĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻā§āϞāϤ⧠āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻā§āϞāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻĒā§āϰāϏā§āϤā§āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ āĻŦā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāϏā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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