1
as in to promote
to provide publicity for
the director and actors are making the obligatory rounds of the late-night shows to talk up their new movie
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as in to speak up
to voice one's opinions freely with force
feel free to talk up if you have any objections
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Recent Examples of talk up
Keuilian had been talking up the bath all day.
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Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
There’s also a mock airplane cabin on campus where students can rehearse talking up executives during a flight.
—Anne M. Peterson, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2026
In 2021, the real estate investment trust Seritage Growth Properties had talked up the possibility of installing as many as nine residential and office buildings on the site.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 20 Mar. 2026
As Mercury and Jupiter harmonize, talk up your passions.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 9 Mar. 2026
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Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
There’s also a mock airplane cabin on campus where students can rehearse talking up executives during a flight.
—Anne M. Peterson, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2026
In 2021, the real estate investment trust Seritage Growth Properties had talked up the possibility of installing as many as nine residential and office buildings on the site.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 20 Mar. 2026
As Mercury and Jupiter harmonize, talk up your passions.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 9 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for talk up
Verb
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The Twins plan to promote Kendry Rojas to the big-league roster in time for Tuesday’s series opener at the New York Mets, according to a team source.—
Dan Hayes,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2026
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The busy World's Most Beautiful cover star is promoting two films at the same time, and appears to be rocking bangs for her Devil Wears Prada 2 press and her regular face-framing layers for Mother Mary events (like this one, a week after the one above).—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
20 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Fans need to start speaking up loudly.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
17 Apr. 2026
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The best part of the players-only meeting was everybody who wanted to speak up felt comfortable enough to speak up.—
Dane Mizutani,
Twin Cities,
17 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Consumer response has been mixed, but Apple continues to sell boatloads of iPhones, and users are getting plenty of AI options on those devices —just from other companies.—
Jennifer Elias,
CNBC,
21 Apr. 2026
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Acer and Asus have even been prohibited from selling PCs in Germany since January due to a Munich Regional Court ruling that the companies’ computers infringe on one of Nokia’s HEVC patents.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
20 Apr. 2026
Verb
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A day before Euphoria‘s third season premiere on HBO, Labrinth is continuing to speak out about his fallout with the Emmy-winning drama.—
Lexi Carson,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Apr. 2026
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Activists wrote in chalk at the offices of both company’s, with messages at OpenAI that urged employees to speak out against the deal.—
Lola Murti,
CNBC,
10 Apr. 2026
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Though the arrest took place in 2023, the case faced new scrutiny in March after a video of the altercation — showing her yelling, putting Mortensen in a headlock and throwing chairs at him while a child could be heard crying — was published by TMZ.—
Luke Chinman,
PEOPLE,
17 Apr. 2026
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This uber-neurotic comedian, actor, writer and now recording artist has spent the better part of two decades making audiences laugh, cringe, and cry, often within the same breath.—
Brittany Delay,
Mercury News,
17 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Is there a polite way to ask her to address this, short of shouting or splashing?—
Judith Martin,
Sun Sentinel,
11 Apr. 2026
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Biff shouts at him at the show’s excruciating climax) sways between light and dark, between the road and the deadly shoulder, advancing through his last hours on earth as if through the stations of the cross.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Garrett Tyrrell of Durango, sitting to her right, piped up.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
12 Apr. 2026
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As the MorphoScan measures and calculates, a voice will pipe up offering guidance and progress reports.—
Andrew Gebhart,
PC Magazine,
5 Apr. 2026
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Though the arrest took place in 2023, the case faced new scrutiny in March after a video of the altercation — showing her yelling, putting Mortensen in a headlock and throwing chairs at him while a child could be heard crying — was published by TMZ.—
Luke Chinman,
PEOPLE,
17 Apr. 2026
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His superpower as a leader has long been his innate ability to effectively get his point across without having to yell and scream.—
Dane Mizutani,
Twin Cities,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Talk up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/talk%20up. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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