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