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play up
verb
(tr) to emphasize or highlight
to play up one's best features
informalto behave irritatingly (towards)
informal(intr) (of a machine, car, etc) to function erratically
the car is playing up again
informalto hurt; give (one) pain or trouble
my back's playing me up again
to support (another actor) in a performance
to try to gain favour with by flattery
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The next episode we started writing toward those tweaks, finding the comic pauses she played up, never aiming straight toward a punchline, giving her an offbeat line or two, letting Carrie find the comedy.
Often the long pass is played up to Rasmus Hojlund, who isn't the best at holding the ball up, resulting in a turnover.
I am not sure who will play up front on Friday instead of Jackson, or who will get their goals, but I still fully expect Enzo Maresca's side to win.
Israel has played up its connection with the Druze community in the region, presenting itself as their defender, even if many Syrian Druze themselves do not see it that way.
I played up until my freshman year of high school.
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