speak up

VERB

assert

Synonyms

STRONGEST

sound off

WEAK

assert declare insist make plain speak loudly speak out

Example Sentences

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Even though he knew that it had only been him who pulled the very heavy toboggan, he didn’t feel able to speak up.

From Literature

Then he spoke up and said, “I guess I’ll just take all of them.”

From Literature

“I know about her spinning,” I spoke up again, dancing around the questions I most wanted to ask.

From Literature

She was afraid of what might happen to family members "now that I'm speaking up".

From Barron's

“Hold on,” Jonah said, because no one else was speaking up.

From Literature