speak up's Usage Examples:

While she knows Elizabeth goes too far, she does not have the confidence to speak up.

He won multiple awards for his song Aawaz - speak up against sexual violence based on the 2012 Delhi gang rape incident.

prosecuted with Andrei Sinyavsky, but the state refused to allow her to speak up in court on his behalf.

people with autism in Sri Lanka, urging Sri Lankans to "speak up for those who cannot speak up for themselves.

It led to Nike creating the Stand up speak up campaign.

Wei, an assistant at a neighbouring coffee stall, would always speak up for Shuangshuang whenever she got abused.

Jayaprakash Narayan for the youth, to speak up and make an impact on the change agenda for the country.

According to Paul West, "It takes a certain amount of sass to speak up for prose that"s rich, succulent and full of novelty.

Within organizations people often have to make decisions about whether to speak up or remain silent.

It is noted that Aliger was the only writer to speak up against him at the event.

As they fumble for topics to speak upon, somehow they always end up reverting to the ducks swimming around in the lake.

He called for what he called authentic Christian voices to speak up, and for the true path of Jesus to be followed.

An example of this is The November 30th Vow of Silence for Free The Children in which students in Canada take a 24-hour vow of silence to speak up against poverty and child labour.

Synonyms:

editorialise, sound off, opine, speak out, animadvert, editorialize, declare,

Antonyms:

close up, specify, mitigated, incomplete, keep quiet,