buck up

Example Sentences

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Bernard DeVoto once tried to buck up his friend Catherine Drinker Bowen, who was wavering between a career in history and one in music.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

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.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2025

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

From Seattle Times • Jun. 4, 2024

One of them is dismissal: “Just buck up, it can’t be that bad,” that kind of underestimation.

From Slate • Sep. 20, 2022

In order to buck up I went searching for John Hersey's house.

From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos