cheer up

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cheer up (someone)

to feel happier, or to cause someone to feel happier. We've cheered up a lot since we found a great place to swim. Jack stopped at her apartment every day to bring her food and cheer her up.

See also: cheer

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"Well, cheer up," the Author resumed; "fame comes at the most unexpected times. Fantastic-Fables by Bierce, Ambrose View in context Oh I dare say, Miss La Creevy,' returned Mrs Nickleby, with a petulance not unnatural in her unhappy circumstances, 'it's very easy to say cheer up, but if you had as many occasions to cheer up as I have had--and there,' said Mrs Nickleby, stopping short. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby by Dickens, Charles View in context Come, cheer up, old man; there's no use in losing your grip and going back to this child's play merely because this big sunspot is drifting across your shiny new disk. Pudd'n'head Wilson by Twain, Mark View in context More results

References in classic literature

"Well, cheer up," the Author resumed; "fame comes at the most unexpected times.

Fantastic-Fables by Bierce, Ambrose View in context

Oh I dare say, Miss La Creevy,' returned Mrs Nickleby, with a petulance not unnatural in her unhappy circumstances, 'it's very easy to say cheer up, but if you had as many occasions to cheer up as I have had--and there,' said Mrs Nickleby, stopping short.

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby by Dickens, Charles View in context

Come, cheer up, old man; there's no use in losing your grip and going back to this child's play merely because this big sunspot is drifting across your shiny new disk.

Pudd'n'head Wilson by Twain, Mark View in context

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