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cheer up

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Verb1.cheer up - cause (somebody) to feel happier or more cheerful; "She tried to cheer up the disappointed child when he failed to win the spelling bee"
jolly along, jolly up, cheer
amuse - make (somebody) laugh; "The clown amused the children"
2.cheer up - become cheerful
chirk up, cheer
exuberate, exult, jubilate, rejoice, triumph - to express great joy; "Who cannot exult in Spring?"
buoy up, lighten up, lighten - become more cheerful; "after a glass of wine, he lightened up a bit"
joy, rejoice - feel happiness or joy
Translations
? cheer up
vt sep → aufmuntern, aufheitern; room, place → aufheitern; he needed a bit of cheering up → er brauchte etwas Aufmunterung or Aufheiterung; tell him that, that’ll cheer him up → sag ihm das, dann freut er sich
vi (person) → vergnügter or fröhlicher werden, bessere Laune bekommen; (things) → besser werden; cheer up! → lass den Kopf nicht hängen!, nun lach doch mal!; cheer up, it’s not that bad → Kopf hoch or nur Mut, so schlimm ist es auch wieder nicht


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"Well, cheer up," the Author resumed; "fame comes at the most unexpected times.
Fantastic-Fables by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
Oh I dare say, Miss La Creevy,' returned Mrs Nickleby, with a petulance not unnatural in her unhappy circumstances, 'it's very easy to say cheer up, but if you had as many occasions to cheer up as I have had--and there,' said Mrs Nickleby, stopping short.
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby by Dickens, Charles View in context
Come, cheer up, old man; there's no use in losing your grip and going back to this child's play merely because this big sunspot is drifting across your shiny new disk.
Pudd'n'head Wilson by Twain, Mark View in context
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