big up somebody1 spoken informal used when you want to praise someone 某人真了不起 Big up to Kelly Holmes! She ran a superb race. 凯莉·霍姆斯真了不起!她比赛跑得很出色。
→ big up (to/for) somebody at big1(9)
2 phrasal verbphr v British EnglishBrE spoken informal a) to say that someone or something is very good, especially in public 〔尤指公开地〕称赞某人/某事物 He’s always on TV bigging up his new band. 他总是在电视上吹嘘自己的新乐队。
b) big it up to spend a lot of money and enjoy yourself in a social situation, in a way that other people will notice 挥霍,招摇
→ big somebody/something ↔ up at big2(1)