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：2025/11/22
play up
Verb
Britain
idiomatic
transitive
intransitive
slang
Japanese Meaning
〔英国の慣用表現〕いたずらをする、悪ふざけする；振る舞いが乱れる / （他動詞）～を大げさにする、誇張して目立たせる、強調して見せる / （自動詞）より活発に演奏する、エネルギッシュに演奏する
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(Britain, idiomatic) To misbehave. / (transitive) To make or attempt to make something appear more important, likely, or obvious; to showcase or highlight. / (intransitive) To play more vigorously.
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On the school trip, some of the kids began to play up, making it hard for the teachers to keep order.
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On the school trip, some of the kids began to play up, making it hard for the teachers to keep order.
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