to try to make someone happier, or to become happier
used for telling someone to try harder
As I picked up the next pile of letters I forced myself to buck up.
I took him out to lunch to try to buck him up a bit.
Tommy Forester tried to talk to him, saying "Now then, old fellow, buck up, that's the ticket, let's see a smile, eh?
bucks up
bucking up
bucked up
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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