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Define the word play up

"play up" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"

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]