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play up

释义

play up

phrasal verb

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/they	play up
he/she/it	plays up
present participle	playing up
past tense	played up
past participle	played up

1
intransitive/transitive Britishif children play up or play someone up, they behave badly in a way that they think is funny
I’m exhausted! The children have been really playing up this afternoon.
Synonyms and related words
To behave badly
misbehave
play up
presume
Synonyms and related words
Child behaviour
act up
grow into
grow out of
2
transitive to try to persuade people to believe that something is more important than it is
The newspapers have really played up the government’s poor election results.
Synonyms and related words
To exaggerate and overstate
aggrandise
aggrandize
exaggerate
3
intransitive/transitive to cause difficulties or pain for someone
The printer’s playing up again.
My back’s been playing me up all day.
Synonyms and related words
To feel or cause physical pain and suffering
suffer
hurt
ache

play up

phrasal verb

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/they	play up
he/she/it	plays up
present participle	playing up
past tense	played up
past participle	played up

1
transitive to try to persuade people to believe that something is more important than it is
The newspapers have really played up the low voter turnout.
Synonyms and related words
To exaggerate and overstate
aggrandise
aggrandize
exaggerate
2
intransitive/transitive to cause difficulties or pain for someone
The printer’s playing up again.
My back’s been playing me up all day.
Synonyms and related words
To feel or cause physical pain and suffering
suffer
hurt
ache

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