Sentence examples for play it up from inspiring English sources

We like to play it up, because every part of New York has its own uniform.

The fans and media play it up a lot, but we're all human beings.

You play it up until a certain point and then you stop playing it?

"If I get the feeling that the tuba jokes are going to fly, I play it up," she said.

A vaguely Southwestern-Mexican theme was emerging, so I decided to play it up by adding cilantro and corn kernels.

THE ROCKEFELLER RAZA It's a familiar auction house marketing trick: if a work was once owned by a famous collector, play it up and play it loud.

"He plays it up backstage, too!

(A setting by Peter Schickele plays it up).

And it works, so Mr Blair plays it up.

I mean, we played it up – well, I did, anyway – played that up a lot.

It sounded like a clear-cut victory, and all three papers played it up big.