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

Parker was talking two weeks after HBO renewed the swords ‘n’ shields comedy-drama series before the first had launched, spending much of his time on stage with HBO drama chief Francesca Orsi talking up the talents of show stars Dexter Sol Ansell and Peter Claffey. —Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 3 Dec. 2025

Various other lenders have also flagged plans to boost investment in the UK, which came after reports that the Treasury had encouraged the sector to publicly endorse the budget and talk up the economy. —Jack Sidders, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2025

Howard Cosell did his bit to help ABC draw a crowd, using his Monday Night Football platform as a megaphone through which to talk up the Big Eight battle. —Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 27 Nov. 2025

That said, speakers talked up shows. —John Hopewell, Variety, 26 Nov. 2025

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