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Buck up

intj, verb, slang

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Intj
  1. 1
    Cheer up; take courage; take heart. idiomatic
  2. 2
    Hurry up; make haste. dated, idiomatic
Verb
  1. 1
    To become encouraged, reinvigorated, or cheerful; to summon one's courage or spirits; to pluck up courage. idiomatic, intransitive

    "I realized I needed to buck up and tackle the problem head-on."

  2. 2
    gain courage wordnet
  3. 3
    To encourage; to hearten. idiomatic, transitive

    "I knew I had to try and buck up the rest of my team as well."

  4. 4
    To do better. idiomatic, intransitive

    "You better buck up or you'll never make it."

  5. 5
    To dress oneself up smartly; compare (obsolete) buck ("a fop, dandy") dated, idiomatic, intransitive
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  1. 6
    To pass on to higher authority for resolution. See also pass the buck. colloquial, idiomatic, transitive

    "He started bucking up everything to management when he didn't get a raise."

  2. 7
    To hurry up. obsolete

    "'Now' said Cameron, 'we must buck up; it's getting late. Now about the child, Boshy: she must come with us, you see.'"

  3. 8
    To hit or fight (someone). idiomatic, slang, transitive

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