speak up
to speak more loudly
to state one's beliefs, objections, etc, bravely and firmly
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How to use speak up in a sentence
So we do demand justice and we do speak up and make demands.
He disagrees, though, and says it is the duty of every person—men, especially—to speak up on this issue.
After his death, Jackson tried to speak up for her friend on a Facebook forum.
They would speak up, but in tones still soft and placid; and Spahn often overheard them describing him as a “beautiful person.”
He yelled toward them, “speak up, speak up, I want to hear, too!”
One feels inclined to speak up and say, 'Mesdames, entendez—it isn't so bad as you think.'
Hilda | Sarah Jeanette DuncanAh, then, you have quarrelled, and I am to speak up for you?
A Window in Thrums | J. M. BarrieMaybe it is, but I'll speak up if you say the word, and make him set you ashore—even if I leave along with you?
Blow The Man Down | Holman DayHe would speak up boldly, that he would, without fear or favour.
The Complete Prose Works of Martin Farquhar Tupper | Martin Farquhar TupperThe time was certainly here for someone in a position to tell the truth to speak up.
When Winter Comes to Main Street | Grant Martin Overton
Other Idioms and Phrases with speak up
Also, speak out. Talk loudly, so as to be heard, as in Speak up, child, I can't hear you, or He should speak out so that those in back can hear him. The first term dates from the early 1700s, the variant from the early 1500s.
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