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Speak up

verb

Express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation. Synonyms: animadvert, opine, sound off, speak out.

Speak louder; raise one's voice.

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"Speak up" Quotes from Famous Books

... you was here, missie; it was very cunning of you to feign sleep like that—it was very cunning and over sharp, but it don't come round me. No, no; you has got to speak up now, and say what you has seen, and what you hasn't seen. I allow of no nonsense with little girls, and I can always see through them when they mean to tell a lie. You know where the children who tell lies go to, so you'd ...

— The Palace Beautiful - A Story for Girls • L. T. Meade

... a delicious slumber, glared impatiently at the little boy. "Come, come! What's th' matter with yeh?" he demanded. "What's th' matter? Don't stand there shaking! Speak up!" ...

— The Little Regiment - And Other Episodes of the American Civil War • Stephen Crane

... looking at him with an air full of contempt. "Tell me once for all," asked the latter, "tell me one way or other, whether I am in your opinion an object for suspicion? Speak up, Porphyrius Petrovitch, and explain yourself without any more beating about ...

— The Most Interesting Stories of All Nations • Julian Hawthorne

... of Eureka Gulch off your hands, Lacy"— He stopped, gasped for breath, and then lifted his voice more savagely, "And now, what's this? Wot's this hogwash? this yer lyin' slander about his gettin' things on the kempany's credit? Eh, speak up, some ...

— The Heritage of Dedlow Marsh and Other Tales • Bret Harte

... bowed to Elinor with exaggerated politeness. "Which shall it be, Miss Kendall? Each is equally diverting, but the Howl has the merit of greater brevity. No extra charge for the choice, you know, so speak up and name it." ...

— Miss Pat at School • Pemberton Ginther

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