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Definition of play up phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

play up

phrasal verb
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play up | play somebody up (especially British English, informal)
  1. to behave badly
    • The kids have been playing up all day.
  2. to cause somebody problems or pain
    • My shoulder is playing me up today.
    Topics Difficulty and failurec2
play something up
  1. to try to make something seem more important than it really is synonym overplay opposite play something down
See play up in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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