Synonym: cotton up, cozy up, foreground, highlight, shine up, sidle up, spotlight, suck up. Similar words: lay up, pay up, stay up, play, replay, playoff, play off, play at. Meaning: v. 1. move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent 2. ingratiate oneself to; often with insincere behavior.
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1. Don't let the pupils play up.
2. The car's engine is beginning to play up.
3. Play up! It's your turn.
4. Play up your strongest arguments in the opening paragraph.
5. In football, the players who play up front get the most goals.
6. Julia knows how to play up to the supervisors - she can always get time off work when she wants it.
7. He seems to want two men to play up to him.
8. These favors helped to play up my positive image.
9. At the interview, remember to play up your experience of teaching in Japan.
10. It seems the young drivers like to play up to an audience.
11. As always, play up your strongest points in the opening paragraph and refer to them as you go along.
12. The children are very active, but never play up.
13. We are trying to play up Bata's international naure.
14. She likes to play up to him.
15. Don't let him play up his illness.
16. He doesn't play up to his boss.
17. He tried to play up to his best level.
18. Some reporters like to play up sensational social news.
19. People write the new play up.
20. These children do play up on their parents.
21. Don't let the children play up.
22. Or play up your eyes with a single bright eyeshadow in violet, or even orange, but offset it with neutral shadows like browns,(Sentencedict.com) grays and blacks.
23. He wanted a raise, so he tried to play up to his boss.
24. I don't like people who try to play up to me.
25. Students who too obviously play up to their teachers are usually disliked by their classmates.
26. It'seems that she needs two good actors to play up to her.
27. It is groundless that some attempt to play up and politicize the issue.
28. I felt threatened by him because I used to play up front(sentencedict.com), so I decided to show him who was boss.
29. This was a great time for the electrics to play up.
30. She tried to plays down his part in the affair and play up her own.
More similar words: lay up, pay up, stay up, play, replay, playoff, play off, play at, player, downplay, playful, playing, display, play down, play with, fair play, interplay, play along, play a part, plaything, playgroup, playfully, horseplay, on display, playground, screenplay, playacting, playwright, playschool, playfulness.