play up

English - Turkish

Definition of play up in English Turkish dictionary: yaramazlık etmek; vurgulamak; abartmak; belirtmek; sorun çıkarmak; abart; üzerinde durmak; oyun oynamak; (deyim) play up (kd) arızalanmak; rahatsız etmek. play sth. up önemli göstermek. play up to someone (kd) yaltaklanmak; daha yüksek sesle çalmak; elinden gelenin en iyisini oynamak [spor.]; daha sesli çalmak; -in üzerinde durmak, -i vurgulamak; elinden gelenin en iyisini oynamak
play up to: -e yaltaklanmak
play up to: kuyruk sallamak
play up to: birine yaranmak
play up to: dalkavukluk etmek

English - English

Definition of play up in English English dictionary: To misbehave
Children who do not receive enough attention may begin to play up.; To make or attempt to make something appear more important, likely or obvious; to showcase or highlight
For the audition, Nicole will play up her skill as a pianist by playing Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring by Bach.; move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent; "The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics"; If you play up something, you emphasize it and try to make people believe that it is important. The media played up the prospects for a settlement His Japanese ancestry has been played up by some of his opponents. play down; advertise, publicize; ingratiate oneself to; often with insincere behavior; "She is playing up to the chairman"; When children play up, they are naughty and difficult to control. Patrick often plays up when he knows I'm in a hurry; If something such as a machine or a part of your body is playing up or is playing you up, it is causing problems because it is not working properly. The engine had been playing up It was his back playing him up
play up to: flatter, attempt to gain favor