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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Young has been a fan of McMillan’s since their high school teams met in 2019, and after bumping into McMillan at a training facility in Southern California before the draft, Young talked up McMillan to Panthers coach Dave Canales and general manager Dan Morgan. Joseph Person, New York Times, 2 June 2025 Robinhood has more than 20 million monthly active users across its full suite of financial products, and CEO Vlad Tenev has frequently talked up the new sports prediction market endeavor. Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 30 May 2025 Now, Huang is talking up the potential for Nvidia’s GPUs to serve the AI models to millions of customers, a process called inference in the industry. Samantha Subin,kif Leswing, CNBC, 29 May 2025 Starmer, who is trying to improve trading ties with the U.S. after Britain left the European Union, has sought to play to its strengths when dealing with Trump, talking up its security expertise, pledging higher defense spending, and offering the pomp and pageantry that comes with a state visit. Reuters, NBC news, 14 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for talk up

Word History

First Known Use

1660, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

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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 9 Jun. 2025.

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