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TOPIK 5verb

추켜세우다

chukyeoseuda

추켜세워요 · 추켜세웠어요 · 추켜세울 거예요 · 추켜세우세요

to praise highly, to extol; to raise up (straight)

Example

언론은 그 영화를 올해 최고의 작품으로 추켜세웠습니다.

The press hailed the film as the best of the year.

Word parts

추키다 'to lift up' + 세우다 'to stand up': lifting someone up high.

Good to know

Interchangeable with 치켜세우다 in the 'praise' sense; both often hint the praise is exaggerated.