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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Example Sentences

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

Yet, as the 98th Academy Award demonstrated, the show isn’t equipped to do much more than talk up its own impact and hope to come out unscathed on the right side of history.

From Salon • Mar. 16, 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

I believe enterprise artificial-intelligence adoption, which is still in its infancy, will become more prominent in 2026 as corporations start to talk up their productivity gains.

From Barron's • Dec. 10, 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