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play up

Principal Translations
Inglés		Español
play up vi phrasal	UK, informal (child: misbehave)	portarse mal v prnl + adv
	The children got bored on the long journey and started playing up.
	Los niños se aburrían con el viaje largo y empezaron a portarse mal.
play up vi phrasal	informal (appliance: malfunction)	andar mal vi + adv
		funcionar mal vi + adv
	The washing machine suddenly started playing up.
	La lavadora empezó a andar mal de repente.
play [sth] up, play up [sth] vtr phrasal sep	US, informal (draw attention to [sth])	resaltar⇒ vi
	She always used heavy eyeliner to play up her blue eyes.
	Siempre se maquilla mucho para resaltar sus ojos azules.

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Compound Forms:
Inglés		Español
play catch-up vtr + n	informal (get updated)	ponerse al día loc verb
	Julia wanted to play catch-up and find out what had happened while she had been away.
	Julia quería ponerse al día y enterarse de todo lo que había pasado cuando no estuvo.
play catch-up vtr + n	informal (do work missed due to illness) (trabajo)	ponerse al día loc verb
	I had to play catch-up after being away from work on sick leave.

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