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Write up

noun

A short account of the news. Synonyms: account, news report, report, story. "The story was on the 11 o'clock news" , "The account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious"

verb

Bring to public notice by writing, with praise or condemnation. "Did your boss write you up?"

Put into writing; write in complete form. Synonym: write out.

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"Write up" Quotes from Famous Books

... motto above the desk of the copy editor. The dotted line showing the route taken by the beautiful housemaid as she falls out of the tenth-story window to the street below adds a thrill of the yellow "write up." The two prime requisites for an ideal yellow newspaper, as that prince of yellow editors, Arthur Brisbane, once told me, are sport for the men and love for the women; and as the Hearst papers have secured their great circulation ...

— Commercialism and Journalism • Hamilton Holt

... he exclaimed in cordial tones. "I will support you with all my heart. I will write up your mission in the Review, and I will give you as many introductions as you need. What is your ...

— The International Spy - Being the Secret History of the Russo-Japanese War • Allen Upward

... whole plot of his story; not to carry Oliver Twist through adventures in the country, but to take him up into the thieves' den in London, show what their life was, and bring Oliver through it without sin or shame. I consented to let him write up to as many of the designs as he thought would suit his purpose; and that was the way in which Fagin, Sikes, and Nancy were created. My drawings suggested them, rather than his strong individuality ...

— The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete • John Forster

... too sick at heart to write up my diary—Eli is dead! "Pop," the Jimmy-legs, found the body and has been promoted to Chief Master-at-arms. It's an ill wind that blows no good. I don't know whether it was because he found Eli or because he runs one of the most modernly managed mess halls in camp or because his working parties ...

— Biltmore Oswald - The Diary of a Hapless Recruit • J. Thorne Smith, Jr.

... you can't make an orthodox heroine of her, for there must have been some reason for the suspicion that she helped him 'over the range,' as they say out here. There must have been something socially and morally wrong about the fact that he was found dead in her cabin. No, Harvey; you'd better write up the inert, inoffensive red man on his native heath, and let this remarkable young lady enjoy her thousands in modest ...

— That Girl Montana • Marah Ellis Ryan

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