play up

Xem thêm: foreground, highlight, spotlight, cozy up, cotton up, shine up, sidle up, suck up



play up

Từ điển WordNet

    v.

  • move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent; foreground, highlight, spotlight

    The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics

    highlight the passage so that you can find it again when you open the book

  • ingratiate oneself to; often with insincere behavior; cozy up, cotton up, shine up, sidle up, suck up

    She is playing up to the chairman

English Idioms Dictionary

call attention to, emphasize During the job interview he played up his experience as an experienced computer operator.

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary


syn.: cotton up cozy up foreground highlight shine up sidle up spotlight suck up