buck (sb/sth) up
UK informal— phrasal verb with buck uk/bʌk/us/bʌk/verb [ I ]
to become happier or more positive or to make someone happier or more positive:
Oh, buck up for heaven's sake, Anthony! I'm sick of looking at your miserable face.
She was told that if she didn't buck her ideas up (= start working in a more positive way), she'd be out of a job.
A week at the beach will buck her up.
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Causing pleasure
- agreeable
- all things to all people idiom
- attractive
- banging
- be better than sex idiom
- brighten
- dreamy
- ducky
- enchant
- engaging
- enjoyable
- jolly
- keep sb sweet idiom
- knock
- leafy
- lighten
- lovely
- make sb's day idiom
- quench
- tickle
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