speak up

Meaning

1. Oxford60% of films

   usually used in orders to tell sb to speak more loudly

   Speak up. His phone's on the blink.

2. Oxford40% of films

   to say what you think clearly and freely, especially in order to support or defend sb / sth

In the movies · 40

• Speak up. His phone's on the blink.Lolita1962
• Please speak up, Rapunzel. You know how I hate the mumbling.Tangled2010
• You know, just remember to speak up in the meeting tomorrow. Okay?Don't Look Up2021
• Hey, greaseball, speak up.The Taking of Pelham 1232009
• Don't be shy, speak up.Shiva Baby2021
• Speak up, Baby.Baby Driver2017
• You know, speak up!Boyhood2014
• Speak up, Gus.Lonesome Dove1989

Learn it in full scenes

• Lolita1962
  • Humbert's Roman Ping-Pong With Quilty
  • Humbert Kills Quilty
  • Charlotte Shows Humbert the House
• Don't Look Up2021
  • Kate Discovers the Comet
  • The Astronomers Call Dr. Oglethorpe
  • Kate and Mindy Wait Seven Hours

From the same entry

• be on speaking terms
• generally, broadly, roughly, relatively, speaking
• no… to speak of
• so to speak
• speak for itself
• speak for myself
• speak for yourself
• speaking as
• speak your mind
• speak out of turn
• speak volumes
• speak well of

More phrasal verbs

• make up
• point out
• come across
• help out
• depend on
• give up on
• start over
• show off
• sign up
• speed up
• come back to
• turn around