buck someone up
1buck someone up — informal how can we buck you up, pal? Syn: cheer up, buoy up, perk up, hearten, uplift, encourage, enliven, give someone a lift; informal pep up; rare inspirit …
2buck someone up — (informal) CHEER UP, buoy up, ginger up, perk up, hearten, uplift, encourage, enliven, give someone a lift; informal pep up. → buck …
3buck someone up or buck up — informal make or become more cheerful. → buck …
4buck — 1 noun (C) 1 MONEY AmE, AustE informal a dollar: He owes me ten bucks. | big bucks (=a lot of money) | make a fast buck (=make some money quickly, often dishonestly) 2 pass the buck to try to blame someone else or make them responsible for… …
5buck — buck1 noun 1》 the male of some animals, especially deer and antelopes. ↘S. African an antelope (of either sex). 2》 a vertical jump performed by a horse, with the head lowered, back arched, and back legs thrown out behind. 3》 archaic a… …
6buck up — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you buck someone up or buck up their spirits, you say or do something to make them more cheerful. [BRIT, INFORMAL] [V n P] Anything anybody said to him to try and buck him up wouldn t sink in... [V P n (not pron)] The aim, it… …
7buck — verb it takes guts to buck the system buck up buck someone up Syn: resist, oppose, defy, fight, kick against …
8Buck Godot — is the title character in a science fiction/comedy comic book series collected in two volumes ( Buck Godot: Zap Gun for Hire and Buck Godot: PSmIth ) and assorted comic books, including the eight issue Gallimaufry series, all written and drawn by …
9buck up someone — buck up (someone) to encourage someone to be energetic and positive. I told the kids when they had colds to buck up and tough it out …
10Buck Smith — (born July 22, 1965 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) is a professional boxer in the cruiserweight (190lb) division. Although Smith has never been considered more than a journeyman fighter, he is one of boxing s all time knockout kings with 120 KO s… …
