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buck up

/bʌk ʌp/

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verb

/bʌk ʌp/B2formalbritish
  • ruФразовый глагол, используемый для того, чтобы подбодрить кого-то, приободриться, стать более энергичным или улучшить настроение или результаты.

A phrasal verb used to encourage someone to cheer up, become more energetic, or improve their mood or performance.

uncountable · intransitive · phrasal, inseparable

  1. Cheer up or become more positiveinformalbritish

    To become more cheerful, energetic, or optimistic, often after a period of sadness or discouragement.

    ruВзбодриться

    • Come on, buck up! It's not the end of the world.
    • She tried to buck up her friend after the bad news.
    • He bucked up when he heard the good news.

    Synonymscheer upperk uprallyrevivetake heart

  2. Hurry up or act fasterinformalbritish

    To move or act more quickly; to increase one's speed or effort.

    ruПоторопиться

    • Buck up, or we'll miss the train!
    • The manager told the team to buck up and finish the project.
    • You need to buck up if you want to get that promotion.

    Synonymsspeed upstep on it

Forms
  • bucked up past participle
  • bucked up past simple
  • bucking up present participle
  • bucks up third person singular

Base verbbuck

Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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