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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The event opened with WWE’s CM Punk and Rhea Ripley and also included The Duffer Brothers, creators of Stranger Things, Tina Fey, who was promoting The Four Seasons, John Mulaney talking up his new live variety talk show and Guillermo Del Toro sharing Frankenstein stories. Peter White, Deadline, 30 Jan. 2025 Series creators Matt and Ross Duffer aka The Duffer Brothers appeared at this week’s Next on Netflix press event to offer up a behind-the-scenes sizzle reel (not yet made public) and talk up just how big the farewell run will be and feel. Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 30 Jan. 2025 President Donald Trump on Jan. 21 talked up a joint venture investing up to $500 billion for infrastructure tied to artificial intelligence by a new partnership formed by OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank. Josh Boak and Zeke Miller, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Jan. 2025 His production, presence and skill on a team as good as Cleveland has his teammates talking up his All-Star status. Joe Vardon, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 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 10 Feb. 2025.

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