SPEAK UP


Meaning of SPEAK UP in English

1.

If you ~, you say something, especially to defend a person or protest about something, rather than just saying nothing.

Uncle Herbert never argued, never spoke up for himself...

PHRASAL VERB: V P for n

2.

If you ask someone to ~, you are asking them to speak more loudly.

I’m quite deaf–you’ll have to ~.

PHRASAL VERB: no cont, V P

Collins COBUILD.      Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) .