cry up

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cry up

1. To strongly support someone or something and encourage others to do the same. A noun or pronoun can be used between "cry" and "up." Many people in our small town are crying up that big construction project because the closest store right now is 10 miles away. She cried up for a later curfew for months before Mom and Dad finally gave in. Why would anyone cry up for the addition of billboards to the highway that runs through our town?

2. To laud someone or something. A noun or pronoun can be used between "cry" and "up." I thought your work on this project was excellent and was sure to cry it up to the department head. Thanks to our recent financial restructuring, Wall Street investors are finally crying up our company! You know I want to become editor of the literary magazine, so why wouldn't you cry me up to the teacher? Geez, I thought you were my friend.

cry up

1. To make a strong case for something; try to make others enthusiastic about something: The governor spent a lot of time crying up the new tax bill. The company hires celebrities to cry its products up.

2. To praise or extol something: The sports commentators are crying up the new players on the soccer team. The new romantic comedy didn't look very good, but the film critics sure cried it up.