speak up (v.)

• affirm
• affront
• allege
• announce
• annunciate
• appear
• argue
• assert
• asseverate
• aver
• avouch
• avow
• beard
• brave
• brazen
• confront
• contend
• declare
• enunciate
• express
• face
• front
• have
• hold
• insist
• maintain
• materialize
• meet
• predicate
• proclaim
• profess
• pronounce
• protest
• put
• say
• speak
• state
• submit