Found 1 items, similar to play up.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: play up play up v 1: move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent; “The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics” [syn: foreground, highlight, spotlight] [ant: background, background] 2: ingratiate oneself to; often with insincere behavior; “She is playing up to the chairman” [syn: cozy up, cotton up, shine up, sidle up, suck up]