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English Dictionary: play up by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
play up
v
  1. move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent; "The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics"
    Synonym(s): foreground, highlight, spotlight, play up
    Antonym(s): background, downplay, play down
  2. ingratiate oneself to; often with insincere behavior; "She is playing up to the chairman"
    Synonym(s): cozy up, cotton up, shine up, play up, sidle up, suck up
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