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speak up
verb
- to speak more loudly
- to state one's beliefs, objections, etc, bravely and firmly
Example Sentences
So we do demand justice and we do speak up and make demands.
He disagrees, though, and says it is the duty of every person—men, especially—to speak up on this issue.
After his death, Jackson tried to speak up for her friend on a Facebook forum.
They would speak up, but in tones still soft and placid; and Spahn often overheard them describing him as a “beautiful person.”
He yelled toward them, “Speak up, speak up, I want to hear, too!”
One feels inclined to speak up and say, 'Mesdames, entendez—it isn't so bad as you think.'
Ah, then, you have quarrelled, and I am to speak up for you?
Maybe it is, but I'll speak up if you say the word, and make him set you ashore—even if I leave along with you?
He would speak up boldly, that he would, without fear or favour.
The time was certainly here for someone in a position to tell the truth to speak up.
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