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buck up

verb as in cheer up

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The pair were told to buck up their ideas by the referee as they began talking to each other during the middle of the rounds.

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What’s continued to set the Fosters apart is their work bucking up evacuees and neighbors.

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That said, telling voters to buck up and realize how good they have it would also be a bad move.

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And it has attracted a parade of high-profile visitors to buck up Trump, including the speaker of the House.

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To picture Baldwin as caring enough about Capote’s sadness over losing access to his exclusionary patrons to drop what he’s doing and devote a “buck up, buttercup” day on the town with Capote beggars belief.

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