talk up

1 to provide publicity for <the director and actors are making the obligatory rounds of the late-night shows to talk up their new movie> Synonyms ballyhoo, hype, pitch, plug, promote, publicize, toutRelated Words advertise, bark, merchandise (also merchandize), sell; push; acclaim, hail, laud, praise; endorse (also indorse), plump (for), plunk (for) or plonk (for); recommend, review; announce, broadcast, publish

2 to voice one's opinions freely with force <feel free to talk up if you have any objections> Synonyms pipe up, shoot, sound off, speak out, spout (off), speak upRelated Words bawl, bay, bellow, call, cry, holler, roar, shout, sing (out), thunder, vociferate, yell; articulate, enounce, enunciateNear Antonyms belt up [British], clam up, dummy up, hush, shut up, suppress; quiet