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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent;
- Example: "The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics"
[syn: foreground, highlight, spotlight, play up]

2. ingratiate oneself to; often with insincere behavior;
- Example: "She is playing up to the chairman"
[syn: cozy up, cotton up, shine up, play up, sidle up, suck up]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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, play up] [ant: background, downplay,
         play down]
    2: ingratiate oneself to; often with insincere behavior; "She is
       playing up to the chairman" [syn: cozy up, cotton up,
       shine up, play up, sidle up, suck up]