talk up

transitive verb

: to discuss in a favorable fashion : commend, promote, advocate

enthusiast had been talking up the game — F.S.Blanchard

organizing crews to ring doorbells and talk up loans — N.M.Clark

sponsoring and … talking up a so-called right-to-work bill — P.F.Healy

intransitive verb

: to speak up plainly or directly

if you do not talk down to a child, it will assuredly talk up to you — Wilson Follett

talks up in the evening … talking bolder than he sometimes feels — Meridel Le Sueur

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talk up

1. To speak boldly

2. To praise, esp to arouse interest in

3. To make much of

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Main Entry: ↑talk

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ˌtalk ˈup [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they talk up he/she/it talks up present participle talking up past tense talked up past participle talked up] phrasal verb

to talk about someone or something in a way that makes them seem more important or better than they really are

Thesaurus: to exaggerate and overstate_synonym

Main entry: talk

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talk up [phrasal verb]

talk up (someone or something) or talk (someone or something) up : to describe (someone or something) in a favorable way

The salesperson talked up the car's safety features.

He's being talked up as the next big pop star.

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Main Entry: ↑talk