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lighten up
verb as in relent
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“What’s the alternative?” the ad asks, “lightening up and being fun?”
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“It sort of lightens up in color again once it plumps up with all that syrup.”
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“But for us to be worried about two little numbers, you know, maybe it’s this generation telling us to lighten up a little.”
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The storms that battered the Hill Country for the last four days began to lighten up, although isolated pockets of heavy rain were still possible.
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What’s more, Bridges expresses gratitude for his wife’s frequent reminders to lighten up and have fun.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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