perk up
— phrasal verb with perk uk/pɜːk/us/pɝːk/verb [ I or T ] informal
to improve or become more exciting:
Prices perked up slightly before the close of trading.
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Becoming better
- alive
- by/in leaps and bounds idiom
- come alive idiom
- come along
- consolidate
- move
- move on to bigger/better things idiom
- on the up (and up) idiom
- perk
- pick
- pickup
- rally
- shape
- straighten up
- turn over a new leaf idiom
- turn sth around
- turn sth round
- turn the corner idiom
- warm
- warm up
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