play up
phrasal verbplay up | play somebody up (especially British English, informal)
to behave badly (给某人)添麻烦;使痛苦 to cause somebody problems or pain Topics Difficulty and failurec2(给某人)添麻烦;使痛苦
play something up
to try to make something seem more important than it really is synonym overplay opposite play something down夸大…的重要性;渲染;吹嘘