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]

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Example Sentences

So cheer up, everyone — it might not happen.

From Salon

He returned the trophy to Blanck, in case another kid needed cheering up.

From Los Angeles Times

Neighbors would stop him and ask if he could paint a flower for an ailing loved one or someone who needed cheering up.

From The Wall Street Journal

Lord Fredrick cheered up a great deal after he heard that.

From Literature

And as an artist, she’s glad that, even as a 16-year-old just beginning her career, she never gave in to the pressure to cheer up her tracks.

From The Wall Street Journal