talk up

verb

talked up; talking up; talks up

transitive verb

: to discuss favorably : advocate, promote

talk up the new product

intransitive verb

: to speak up plainly or directly

Synonyms of talk up

• promote
• sell

Examples of talk up in a Sentence

the director and actors are making the obligatory rounds of the late-night shows to talk up their new movie

feel free to talk up if you have any objections

Recent Examples on the Web

Device makers have talked up a world where users may be able to ask their AI agents to call a cab or book a hotel. —Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 6 Mar. 2026

Instead of Ohtani, talk up Okamoto, a star in the making, who got a $60 million contract from the Blue Jays in the offseason. —Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026

Peterson had talked up head coach Bill Self’s KU program. —Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 5 Mar. 2026

Repeatedly talking up the need for consolidation on today’s Banijay group call about the deal, which has created an $8B production group, Banijay Group CEO François Riahi responded to reports in the French press that Banijay is still looking at the ITV production arm. —Max Goldbart, Deadline, 4 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1660, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Rhymes for talk up

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup
• markup