talk up

verb

talked up; talking up; talks up

Synonyms of talk up next

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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Irwin talking up the merits of a mime is especially funny. —

Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 17 Dec. 2024 Under the Gemini full moon, talking up your message isn’t enough. —

USA TODAY, 15 Dec. 2024 Though Gomes talked up a potential run of play for the likes of Andy Pages and James Outman — who combined to make most of the Dodgers’ starts in center field last year — Hernández’s presence in the middle of the order fit perfectly in Los Angeles. —

Fabian Ardaya, The Athletic, 10 Dec. 2024 Zuckerberg has been talking up Meta’s efforts to develop new AI products and services, which will require spending billions of dollars on Nvidia graphics processing units and the energy to run them. —

Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 6 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for talk up