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Similar words: tack up · tank up · walk up · chalk up · stack up · talk out · tally up · back up · bank up · bulk up
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talk up

1 (v + adv) praise TRANSITIVEmór is fiú a dhéanamh de VPmór verb  c m ushe talked up her new job rinne sí mór is fiú dá jab nua 2 (v + adv) speak plainly INTRANSITIVElabhair go neamhbhalbhlabhair go hoscailte → see talk

Phrases and Examples in other entries

  • blow-up »
    there was a blow-up in the talks bhí argóint ann i gcaitheamh na gcainteanna, bhí aighneas ann le linn na gcainteanna
  • choked »
    she was too choked up to talk bhí sí chomh tachta sin nach raibh sí in ann labhairt, ní thiocfadh léi labhairt leis an tocht a bhí uirthi
  • work up »
    he got himself worked up talking about the holidays d'éirigh sé tógtha ag caint faoin tsaoire, tháinig sceitimíní air ag caint faoi na laethanta saoire
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