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View synonyms for buck up

buck up

verb

  1. to make or cause to make haste
  2. to make or become more cheerful, confident, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Cheer up, become encouraged, as in Buck up! We'll soon have it done , or Even the promise of a vacation did not buck her up . This term was first recorded in 1844.

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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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