Verb speak up has 2 senses
  1. opine, speak up, animadvert, sound off - speak one's opinion without fear or hesitation; "John spoke up at the meeting"
    --1 is one way to declare
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
  2. speak up - speak louder; raise one's voice; "The audience asked the lecturer to please speak up"
    --2 is one way to
    talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
    Sample sentence:
    Sam and Sue speak up
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