play up
verb
played up; playing up; plays up
: emphasize
In the interview, try to play up your strengths.
Examples of play up in a Sentence
that TV news program plays up sensational stories just to get higher ratings
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The Hunting Wives actress plays up her black fringe gown with a diamond necklace and smokey eye makeup.
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Brittany Talarico, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
The third component will play up Events and Storytelling.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2025
And thus concludes our all-too-brief journey into Campy Flouncing, a modality of the show that was very played up in marketing materials.
—Lily Osler, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2025
Rodgers came into the game making sure not to play up the first matchup of his career against the team that selected him in the first round of the 2005 NFL Draft.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2025
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Brittany Talarico, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
The third component will play up Events and Storytelling.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2025
And thus concludes our all-too-brief journey into Campy Flouncing, a modality of the show that was very played up in marketing materials.
—Lily Osler, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2025
Rodgers came into the game making sure not to play up the first matchup of his career against the team that selected him in the first round of the 2005 NFL Draft.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for play up
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“Play up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/play%20up. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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