buck up

verb

1. to make or cause to make haste
2. to make or become more cheerful, confident, etc

Idioms and Phrases

Cheer up, become encouraged, as in Buck up! We'll soon have it done , or Even the promise of a vacation did not buck her up . This term was first recorded in 1844.

Example Sentences

She added, "buck up or stay in the truck, that's how we grew up."

From The Daily Beast

Meanwhile, back at the negotiating table, Kerry has been carting in cupcakes to buck up colleagues, The Washington Post tells us.

From The Daily Beast

She got through her own similar situation, and [knowing this] had this effect of “Buck up, live your life, move on.”

From The Daily Beast

If only we didn't have to buck up against that trial, and the ideas people seem to have gotten of it, we'd be all right.

From Project Gutenberg

She is a nice lady and tries to buck up for her children's sake, she says.

From Project Gutenberg

Buck up, mate; you've no call to be yaller, nor a perminent bloo, heither!

From Project Gutenberg

"Ya—ya," they said, which was Dutch in a fashion and meant anything you like—such as buck up, old scout; the worst is yet to come.

From Project Gutenberg

But never mind that—what I did want to say to you is that you must buck up, you know, and not do this sort of thing.

From Project Gutenberg