cheer up
[verb]
Synonyms:
- comfort, encourage, enliven, gladden, hearten, jolly along (informal)
- take heart, buck up (informal), perk up, rally

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cheer up phrasal verb (see also cheer)

1. to become less sad, or to make someone feel less sad:
Cheer up! The worst is over.
They cheered up when they saw us coming along.
cheer somebody ↔ up
Here’s a bit of news that will cheer you up.
You both need cheering up, I think.

2. cheer something ↔ up to make a place look more attractive:
I bought some posters to cheer the place up a bit.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

cheer up
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.

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cheer up
to make a sad person happy
We took our friend to a nice restaurant to cheer her up.

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cheer up
v.
1. To feel happy; stop being sad or discouraged; become hopeful, joyous, or glad.
Jones was sad at losing the business, but he cheered up at the sight of his daughter.
Cheer up! The worst is over.
2. To make cheerful or happy.
The support of the students cheered up the losing team and they played harder and won.
We went to the hospital to cheer up a sick friend.
Flowers cheer up a room.

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