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Meaning of word play up from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

play up verb

Meaning : Move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent.

Example : The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics.

Synonyms : foreground, highlight, spotlight

Understate the importance or quality of.

He played down his royal ancestry.
background, downplay, play down

Meaning : Ingratiate oneself to. Often with insincere behavior.

Example : She is playing up to the chairman.

Synonyms : cotton up, cozy up, shine up, sidle up, suck up

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In a productive way.

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Of or concerning the theory of pragmatism.

wage increase (noun)
The amount a salary is increased.

dispose (verb)
Give, sell, or transfer to another.

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Any of various small-grained annual cereal and forage grasses of the genera Panicum, Echinochloa, Setaria, Sorghum, and Eleusine.

facelift (noun)
Plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face. An incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised.

demolish (verb)
Destroy completely.

assertion (noun)
A declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary).

stethoscope (noun)
A medical instrument for listening to the sounds generated inside the body.

cut short (verb)
Interrupt before its natural or planned end.

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