cheer up

Idioms and Phrases

Become or make happy, raise the spirits of, as in This fine weather should cheer you up . This term may also be used as an imperative, as Shakespeare did ( 2 Henry IV , 4:4): “My sovereign lord, cheer up yourself.” [Late 1500s]

Example Sentences

The defendant, who told police "cheer up, at least you've caught the bad guy", will have to serve a minimum term of 36 years before being considered for release.

From BBC

I was at Union Station when I encountered an elderly woman who looked a little bereft and in need of cheering up.

From Los Angeles Times

About midway through “The Sixth Sense,” Bruce Willis’ Malcolm, a compassionate child psychologist, attempts to cheer up Haley Joel Osment’s Cole, a disturbed boy struggling with secrets he’s too scared to reveal.

From Los Angeles Times

Donald Trump needs cheering up and nothing makes him happier than lackeys begging for his favor.

From Salon

Park, who retired in 2012, remains one of the most popular sports personalities in South Korea, where many people remember how his heroics cheered up a nation weathering a crippling financial crisis in the late-1990s.

From Seattle Times