talk up

verb

talked up; talking up; talks up

transitive verb

: to discuss favorably : advocate, promote
talk up the new product

intransitive verb

: to speak up plainly or directly

Examples of talk up in a Sentence

the director and actors are making the obligatory rounds of the late-night shows to talk up their new movie feel free to talk up if you have any objections
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Fink released his annual shareholders’ letter last week and talked up those deals . Kevin Stankiewicz,matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 6 Apr. 2025 After his Shanghai podium, Russell talked up Mercedes’ teamwork through these opening two races, merely feeling the pace had been lacking to properly challenge McLaren. Luke Smith, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2025 On Fox News, the Secretary of Agriculture talked up back-yard hen-keeping. H. C. Wilentz, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025 Yet 88 percent of international sports tournaments in South Korea in recent years have happened outside the capital, a fact North Jeolla’s Governor Kim Kwan-young made the most of while talking up his region’s bid. Blythe Lawrence, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for talk up

Word History

First Known Use

1660, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Time Traveler
The first known use of talk up was in 1660

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“Talk up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/talk%20up. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.

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