PLAY UP

• (verb) move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent

  "The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics"

  synonyms : foreground , highlight , spotlight

• (verb) ingratiate oneself to; often with insincere behavior

  "She is playing up to the chairman"

  synonyms : cotton up , cozy up , shine up , sidle up , suck up

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