Chin up

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Chin up! (old-fashioned)

something that you say to someone in a difficult situation in order to encourage them to be brave and to try not to be sad. Chin up, you'll feel better after a few days' rest.

See also: chin

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Held her chin up and looked you up and down with eyes the colour of Scotch whisky, as much as to say, "Well, what The Man Upstairs and Other Stories by Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville View in context She had an elfin chin that was capable of great expression; and whenever she gave this look, she hitched this chin up. Our Mutual Friend by Dickens, Charles View in context You know his old way of holdin' his chin up and throwin' his head back a leetle when he got up to say anything? Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm by Wiggin, Kate Douglas View in context More results

References in classic literature

Held her chin up and looked you up and down with eyes the colour of Scotch whisky, as much as to say, "Well, what

The Man Upstairs and Other Stories by Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville View in context

She had an elfin chin that was capable of great expression; and whenever she gave this look, she hitched this chin up.

Our Mutual Friend by Dickens, Charles View in context

You know his old way of holdin' his chin up and throwin' his head back a leetle when he got up to say anything?

Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm by Wiggin, Kate Douglas View in context

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