play up
play
pleÉĒ
plei
up
ƌp
ap
/plˈeÉĒ ËˆĘŒp/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "play up"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to play up
[phrase form: play]
01

āĻœā§‹āϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to make something seem more important or noticeable by highlighting it
Transitive: to play up sth
to play up definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The company chose to play the benefits of the product up in their advertising campaign.
āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻĒā§āϰāϚāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĒāĻŖā§āϝ⧇āϰ āϏ⧁āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāχāϞāĻžāχāϟ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
02

āĻ­āĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āϤāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to act in an insincere way, to gain favor or approval from someone else
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The interns tend to play up when they're seeking a full-time position.
āχāĻ¨ā§āϟāĻžāĻ°ā§āύāϰāĻž āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧀āύ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻ–ā§‹āρāϜāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻ­āĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻŖāϤāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
03

āĻ āĻŋāĻ•āĻ āĻžāĻ• āĻ•āĻžāϜ āύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­ā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋ āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

(of machines or equipment) to not work properly
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
My laptop has started to play up; I might need to get it checked.
āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāϟāĻĒ āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇; āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
04

āĻ…āϏ⧁āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻž āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻž āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to cause discomfort or trouble
Dialectbritish flagBritish
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Her allergies play up whenever she's around cats.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāϞāĻžāĻ°ā§āϜāĻŋ āĻŦ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϝāĻ–āύāχ āϏ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ›āĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ›āĻŋ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤
05

āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϖ⧇āϞāĻž, āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to perform with enhanced energy or determination
Dialectbritish flagBritish
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After the coach 's pep talk during halftime, the players came out ready to play up and turn the game around.
āĻšāĻžāĻĢāϟāĻžāχāĻŽā§‡ āϕ⧋āĻšā§‡āϰ āĻĒā§āϰ⧇āϰāĻŖāĻžāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ• āĻ•āĻĨā§‹āĻĒāĻ•āĻĨāύ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇, āϖ⧇āϞ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāϰāĻž āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧋ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϖ⧇āϞāϤ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϖ⧇āϞāĻžāϟāĻŋ āϘ⧁āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻāϏ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ