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1. opine, speak up, speak out, animadvert, sound offverb

   express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation

   "John spoke up at the meeting"

   Synonyms:
   opine, complain, imagine, speak out, strike up, plain, kick, kvetch, guess, animadvert, quetch, sound off, think, suppose, reckon

2. speak upverb

   speak louder; raise one's voice

   "The audience asked the lecturer to please speak up"

   Synonyms:
   opine, animadvert, speak out, sound off

How to use speak up in a sentence?

1. Katarzyna Lipka:

   I used to think being passive was enough - I just didn’t take part, but I decided to speak up.

2. Anna Myers:

   There are just too many cases of good people at the United Nations being crushed when they speak up about serious problems, including sexual abuse, this is outrageous. Whistleblowers will continue to carry the can alone unless member states demand the U.N. implement 21st century protections and act on issues raised.They can start by making sure that U.N. whistleblowers are protected for reporting directly to them.

3. Justin Martin:

   We understand the need to protest and the want to speak up by protest, but request that you not protest within the community, this only hurts the overwhelmingly good citizens of this small neighborhood.

4. Ian Prior:

   When these dedicated moms hear from their children how they are afraid to speak up in class for fear of harassment, discipline, or being reported in the new LCPS online 'bias reporting' system, this motivates them to get out there and fight like hell for their children.

5. Nev Schulman:

   Luckily I had the amazing support of the fans of The TV Show but also of my colleagues, the crew, several people who had been on The TV Show actually reached out to me and offered to speak up in my support if necessary. I ’m just so thankful and grateful to everyone.

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