Down
Down adjective - Brought or having come to an end.
Playing up and down are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Playing up" instead an adjective "Down".
Nearby Word: downed
Playing up
Down and playing up are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Down" instead an adjective phrase "Playing up".
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
- Sometimes you can narrow it down before the show even airs due to the commercials for an upcoming episode playing up the guest star.
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Artistic License Geography: "Our House" The children are playing up, downstairs Circling Vultures: "New Delhi", where the protagonist's car breaks down.
Source: Music / The Rise And Fall -
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Guy Gardner, playing up the jerk angle hard, until the chips are down.
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Playing up and Down. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/down/playing_up
Down & Playing up. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/down/playing_up>.
Playing up or Down. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/down/playing_up.
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