cheer up

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Verb

cheer up (third-person singular simple present cheers up, present participle cheering up, simple past and past participle cheered up)

  1. (intransitive, idiomatic) to become happy
    I cheered up after seeing the results.
  2. (transitive, idiomatic) to make someone happy
    The arrival of the unexpected letter cheered him up almost immediately.

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Interjection

cheer up

  1. an encouragement to somebody who seems unhappy
    Cheer up! Things could be worse.

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