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PLAY UP

Definition:

[verb] move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent; "The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics"
Synonyms: foreground, highlight, spotlight
[verb] ingratiate oneself to; often with insincere behavior; "She is playing up to the chairman"
Synonyms: cozy up, cotton up, shine up, sidle up, suck up