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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cheer up

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 ● Oct. 29, 2025

We need to talk about that “Clueless” scene at the hospital where, to cheer up Molly, Nikki begins a mishmash of performances.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2025

“Maybe the current global situation, be it geopolitical or macroeconomic, does not lead people to cheer up and to open bottles of Champagne.”

From Salon ● Jan. 21, 2025

Voters started to cheer up about the economy.

From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2024

I could not find it in me to cheer up the cheerleader.

From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli