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What does speak up mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word speak up? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (idiomatic) To talk more loudly or plainly.
  2. (idiomatic) To make oneself or one's opinions known; to advocate or assert oneself.
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When political hot air is turning into cold blood, when duplicitous spin is becoming lethal, somebody's got to speak up.
We have to get off our duffs, get our noses out of the TV, and get our children to speak up.
Some of us journalists have been made to feel like pariahs for daring to speak up for policyholders and give them a platform for their concerns.
And the path to power is not dominance over others but the ability to speak up for oneself.
I realized then that what I had said sounded incredibly selfish, yet I did not speak up.
Hopefully Powell fils will learn to love being angry and speak up on behalf of his employers, the American people.

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