play up
                        
                            - verb (v)
                        
                        
                            
                    
                Meaning: emphasize
    Synonyms: 
                        
            
                accentuate
            
            
                                bring to the fore
                                call attention to
                                
            
                feature
            
            
                                
            
                highlight
            
            
                                italicize
                                
            
                magnify
            
            
                                make a production of
                                point up
                                
            
                stress
            
            
                                turn spotlight on
                                
            
                underline
            
            
                                
            
                underscore
            
            
            
                                                                                        
                                                                                    Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
