Examples of 'played up' in a sentence
Meaning of "played up"
To 'play up' means to exaggerate or emphasize something, often in a negative or dramatic way. This phrase suggests that someone has intentionally highlighted or accentuated a particular aspect, issue, or problem for a specific purpose, such as drawing attention, gaining sympathy, or creating a desired effect
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- simple past tense and past participle of play up
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played up
Played up to drive people into the church.
She was the only child that played up to us.
You played up and down the keyboard.
At the end of the evening she played up to us.
Because he played up to sirakawainn by taking his orphan.
I miss real asses being played up on camera.
Maybe played up possible jail time.
Mental illness is occasionally played up for laughs.
I have really played up the whole nostalgia angle.
I have arranged for our song to be played up front.
My son may have played up his gentle side.
We played up weirdness rather than anything socially pointed.
Quidditch is a team sport played up in the air on brooms.
So you played up to her to get your undercover back.
Then we came back and played up to our potential.
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She played up until her death.
It would all be impossible if we played up in space.
The game can be played up to three players simultaneously.
The old man wanted the story played up big.
He definitely played up the alien aspect.
I played up until my first couple years of high school.
The sense of touch is played up again in this sheet packaging.
They let us write anything we wanted to and we played up to them.
But you played up to me this afternoon.
Years she would played up.
He even played up front on a couple of occasions.
The mystery surrounding his death was played up by the media.
Zack has played up ever since you left.
You remember that melody that you played up at my house.
Imagine if he played up to his full potential.
Maybe he cut down a little when his heart played up.
Caravaggio played up the elegant heroism asked of him.
Dave matthews band played up.
You played up to his weakness.
He enjoys eating and is sometimes played up as the comedic character.
He played up there kind of regularly.
Or if you played up here.
I played up your being a priest.
He really played up a storm.
Played up to four players.
Scrabble is played up to four players.
The game was the longest college hockey game played up to that point.
Ball can be played up but not closer to the hole.
I just think the kind of character she is is played up brilliantly in this.
The media played up the controversy for several days.
But exceptions should certainly not be played up into a general rule.
They really played up the old ghost town theme.
End of story for everyone who had played up to that point.
They played up on the name.
Nice flash golf game that can be played up to four players.
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I never really played well with others
He played the third man at lunch counter
The humans have played their hand
