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talk up

Verb

Meaning

(idiomatic, transitive) To talk about (something or someone) to make it seem as good as possible or to draw positive attention to it.
The restaurant had been talked up way too much, that it left me somewhat disappointed.
Charlie's been talking up Robbie in an attempt to set him up with Lucy.

(idiomatic, intransitive) To talk louder.

(intransitive) To speak in a plain and candid way, or with bold impudence.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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It's so dark," she said lamely. "You want me to hold your hand?" Clary put both her hands behind her back like a small child. "Don't talk down to me." "Well, I could hardly talk up to you. You're too short. Cassandra Clare

Canadian soccer official makes final stop on tour to promote North America World Cup bidPeter Montopoli heads to Gibraltar on Friday to talk up the Canadian, Mexican and U.S. joint bid. Source: Internet

In public, diplomats in Antananarivo talk up the chances of a settlement of the political crisis. Source: Internet

That is, if John Oliver cared to talk up techdirt, techdirt can expect an unprecedented load on the site functionality. Source: Internet

I already talk up your books, (at my local bookstore) and my daughter has bought "Still Life" as her first book on her iPad. Source: Internet

Now staying on build performance for a second, I'd like to talk up another core component of our release, Swift 4.2. Source: Internet

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