buck up
phrasal verbbuck up (informal)
- (often in orders) to become more cheerful synonym cheer up
- Buck up, kid! It's not the end of the game.
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- buck up!(old-fashioned) used to tell somebody to hurry synonym hurry
buck somebody up
- (British English, informal) to make somebody more cheerful synonym cheer up
- The good news bucked us all up.