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Chirk up

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Verb
  1. 1
    To make more cheerful; to cause to perk up. idiomatic, transitive

    ""Well, I think," said Mis' Jane Moran, "that we've hit on the only way we could have hit on to chirk each other up over a hard time.""

  2. 2
    become cheerful wordnet
  3. 3
    To become more cheerful; to perk up or become animated or enthusiastic. idiomatic, intransitive

    ""Go ahead," he says, and I see Jim chirk up to listen."

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