perk up

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“If you avoid getting caught, a little affair can perk up a marriage,” says Lucy, a 50-something Californian.
Is Cheating the Secret to a Happy Marriage?|Jessica Bennett|October 11, 2011|DAILY BEAST
And yet we find your partnerships perk up, while the single among you are being solicited for more than just a vacant tryst.
The Stars Predict Your Week|Starsky + Cox|August 13, 2011|DAILY BEAST
The senses immediately perk up with the new smells, faint sounds of music and colors meant to belong in nature.
Gal with a Suitcase|Jolie Hunt|April 18, 2010|DAILY BEAST
They perk up wonderfully as the barometer falls and the damp makes itself felt in their warm cases of glass.
Motor Matt's Peril, or, Cast Away in the Bahamas|Stanley R. Matthews

After lunch he would always begin to perk up and deny that he had been really drunk the night before.
L'Assommoir|Emile Zola
In lifting her arms to perk up the bow at her throat she knocked a hat off the bracket.
An Old-fashioned Girl|Louisa May Alcott
But, in this other lot, the shoots are commencin' to perk up, an' insec's have stirred the mold.
The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley|Louis Tracy
Aunty Rose declared that Carolyn May began at once to perk up.
Carolyn of the Corners|Ruth Belmore Endicott

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perk up

Restore to good spirits, liveliness, or good appearance, as in You're exhausted, but a cup of tea will perk you up, or The flowers perked up the whole room. [Mid-1600s]

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