play up

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Lawrence Shankland will play up top but will he have a strike partner or will Clarke stick with an extra body in midfield?

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Yet that only encourages players to play up for the cameras to make sure they get the decision they want.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

Whereas Cheap Trick used to play up to 250 shows a year in the late 1970s and early 1980s, the band now averages about 75.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

Coach JJ Redick set the play up to miss it to the right side because that was supposed to be the side with just one defender.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2026

I said that the question had made me aware of how careful Malcolm X had always been to play himself down and to play up his leader Elijah Muhammad.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey