play up

play up
1.
(coll.) intransitive verb [Kinder:] nichts als Ärger machen; [Auto:] verrückt spielen; [Rücken, Bein usw.:] Schwierigkeiten machen
2. transitive verb
(annoy, torment) ärgern; [Krankheit:] zu schaffen machen (+ Dat.)
* * *
(to be troublesome or disobedient: The children are playing up today.) sich aufspielen
* * *
◆ play up
I. vt
1. (stress)
▪ to \play up up ⇆ sth etw hochspielen
2. BRIT (fam)
▪ to \play up up ⇆ sb (trouble) jdm zu schaffen machen; (hurt) jdm Schmerzen bereiten
3. BRIT (fam: annoy)
▪ to \play up up ⇆ sb jdn nerven sl
II. vi (fam)
1. (flatter)
▪ to \play up up to sb sich akk bei jdm einschmeicheln [o fam lieb Kind machen
2. BRIT (misbehave) sich akk danebenbenehmen fam; children a. ungezogen [o unartig] sein; (have tantrum) Theater machen pej fam, ausflippen fam
3. BRIT, AUS (malfunction) verrücktspielen fam
4. BRIT, AUS (hurt) weh tun fam
* * *
1. vi
1) (= play louder) lauter spielen
2) (SPORT inf = play better) aufdrehen (inf), (richtig) loslegen (inf)

play up! — vor!, ran!

3) (Brit inf = cause trouble car, injury, child) Schwierigkeiten machen, verrücktspielen (inf)
4) (inf

= flatter) to play up to sb — jdn umschmeicheln

2. vt sep (inf)
1)

(= cause trouble to) to play sb up — jdm Schwierigkeiten machen; (child, injury also) jdn piesacken (inf)

2) (= exaggerate) hochspielen
* * *
play up
A v/i
1. lauter spielen
2. SPORT umg aufdrehen (das Tempo steigern etc):
play up! Tempo!
3. Br umg verrücktspielen, Schwierigkeiten machen (Auto, Bein etc):
my back’s playing up again ich habs (mal) wieder im Kreuz
4. play up to → academic.ru/56066/play">play B 1
B v/t
1. aufbauschen, hochspielen
2. play sb up Br umg
a) jemanden auf die Palme bringen
b) jemandem Schwierigkeiten machen (Bein etc):
my back’s playing me up again ich habs (mal) wieder im Kreuz
* * *
1.
(coll.) intransitive verb [Kinder:] nichts als Ärger machen; [Auto:] verrückt spielen; [Rücken, Bein usw.:] Schwierigkeiten machen
2. transitive verb
(annoy, torment) ärgern; [Krankheit:] zu schaffen machen (+ Dat.)

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