[1] : WordNet (r) 2.0

play up
     v 1: move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent;
          "the introduction highlighted the speaker's
          distinguished career in linguistics" syn: foreground,
           highlight, spotlight ant: background, background
     2: ingratiate oneself to; often with insincere behavior; "she
        is playing up to the chairman" syn: cozy up, cotton up,
         shine up, sidle up, suck up
see also:
foreground highlight spotlight background cozy up cotton up 
shine up sidle up suck up 

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