tout

v Informal.

1. solicit, ask or ask for, request, apply for, seek or seek for; call upon, appeal to, implore, beseech, entreat, plead, beg, Brit. Inf. prig, pray, crave; petition, supplicate, obtest, adjure, conjure, Rare. sue; urge, press, importune, insist, demand; accost, approach, come up to on the street, Sl. hustle.

2. praise, laud, extol, cry up, talk up; boast of or about, brag about, vaunt; blow up, magnify, exaggerate, Inf. crack up, Inf. make out, make bigger than life, puff up, enlarge, aggrandize, Inf. blow all out of proportion; belaud, make much of, lionize; glorify, exalt, idolize, idealize, put on a pedestal; eulogize, panegyrize, praise to high heaven; acclaim, cheer, celebrate, congratulate, Archaic. gratulate; applaud, clap; compliment, flatter, Inf. pat on the back, hand it to [s.o.] give [s.o.] credit.

3. give a tip on, Inf. tip [s.o.] off, give [s.o.] inside information. Inf. give [s.o.] inside info, give [s.o.] the word, Inf. give [s.o.] the low-down, Inf. give [s.o.] the scoop, Sl. give [s.o.] the dope.

4. watch, spy on, keep an eye on; investigate, Inf. check out, Sl. case.