talk up

British  

verb

1. (tr, adverb) to speak of or discuss favourably in order to arouse interest or support

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talk up Idioms  

1. Speak in favor of, promote, as in They were talking up their candidate all over the state. [Second half of 1800s]

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talk up

The Dodgers talk up Shohei Ohtani as a Cy Young award contender, and Ohtani has given up one run all season.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026

His goal is to talk up the VW agreement to cajole workers at Mercedes and other foreign plants into unionizing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026

ECB President Christine Lagarde has previously sought to talk up the euro as a potential new global reserve currency, arguing the economic order backed by the dollar was "fracturing".

From Barron's ● Feb. 2, 2026

Pundits nowadays talk up the incredible promise of artificial intelligence and how it will continue powering the stock market.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 8, 2025

He kept thinking that it ought to take the auctioneer about two hours to eat and drink and talk up the afternoon’s sale.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry