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cheer up

Idioms  

  1. Become or make happy, raise the spirits of, as in This fine weather should cheer you up. This term may also be used as an imperative, as Shakespeare did (2 Henry IV, 4:4): “My sovereign lord, cheer up yourself.” [Late 1500s]

Example Sentences

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“Hey-hey, we shall cheer up our glorious Ukraine!”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026

So cheer up, everyone — it might not happen.

From Salon • Dec. 10, 2025

Voters started to cheer up about the economy.

From Slate • Sep. 6, 2024

About midway through “The Sixth Sense,” Bruce Willis’ Malcolm, a compassionate child psychologist, attempts to cheer up Haley Joel Osment’s Cole, a disturbed boy struggling with secrets he’s too scared to reveal.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 6, 2024

As Grover planted the laurel sapling, Annabeth and I went around trying to cheer up the wounded.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan

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