Play up or play down?
The Hindu
What is the meaning of the expression ‘play up’ in the sentence, ‘The twins played up all morning’? (R. Neethu, Vellore)The expression ‘play up’ has several meanings. When a newspaper or a news channe
The expression ‘play up’ has several meanings. When a newspaper or a news channel ‘plays up’ a story, what it is doing is giving the story undue importance. In other words, it is exaggerating the importance of the story. Political parties, across the world, do this all the time. For a few days, the mystery surrounding actress Sridevi’s death was played up by the various media.
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