cry up
C1 formal separable transitive
In simple words
To talk very positively about something to make others think it's great.
Literal meaning: To cry out ('up' = publicly) about something's good qualities.
Meanings
1 C1
idiomatic
formal
To praise something publicly and enthusiastically in order to promote it.
"The publisher cried up the debut novel as the most important work of the decade."
Grammar: separable
Usage notes
Formal and somewhat archaic. Rarely used in modern everyday speech. More likely to appear in older literature or formal writing. The modern equivalent would be 'talk up' or 'hype up'.
Commonly used with
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Forms
Base
cry up
I/you/we/they
3rd person
cries up
he/she/it
Past simple
cried up
yesterday
Past participle
cried up
have + pp
-ing form
crying up
continuous
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