talk up

British

verb

(tr, adverb) to speak of or discuss favourably in order to arouse interest or support

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talk up Idioms

Speak in favor of, promote, as in They were talking up their candidate all over the state. [Second half of 1800s]

Example Sentences

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If the boss is worried about slow response times, for example, you could talk up your habit of answering email and Slack messages right away.

From The Wall Street Journal

His goal is to talk up the VW agreement to cajole workers at Mercedes and other foreign plants into unionizing.

From The Wall Street Journal

People are going to talk up the title race, but we have a really calm group.

From Barron's

"We have to block out the outside noise. We have done that really well. People are going to talk up the title race and Arsenal but we have a really calm group."

From BBC

Yet most of them are mentioned more often by their colleagues to describe their drawbacks and flaws than to talk up their suitability.

From BBC

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