talk up

talk someone or something up

to promote or speak in support of someone or something. I've been talking the party up all day, trying to get people to come. They keep taking up the candidate as if he represented a real change.

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talk something up

to promote or advertise something by saying good things about it to as many people as possible. Let's talk the play up around campus so we can get a good audience. I will talk up the play all I can.

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talk up something also talk something up

to support something enthusiastically His job is to talk up new bands and get them gigs. She talked the idea up with as many friends and colleagues as she could.

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