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buck up

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buck up
to cheer up; to perk up. Come on, now, buck up. Things can't be all that bad. She began to buck up when I showed her the results of the tests.
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buck up (somebody) also buck (somebody) up
to encourage someone to be energetic and positive I told the kids when they had colds to buck up and tough it out.
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It has really got to buck up," Sir Jeremy Isaacs had said of the city's theatres.
 
 
 
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