buoy up

• Verbe à particule signifiant maintenir quelqu'un ou quelque chose à flot, ou soutenir, encourager, relever le moral de quelqu'un.

A phrasal verb meaning to keep someone or something afloat, or to support, encourage, or uplift someone's spirits or morale.

indénombrable · transitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Keep afloatformal

   To keep something or someone floating on the surface of a liquid.

   maintenir à flot

   • The life jacket buoyed him up until the rescue team arrived.
   • Air pockets in the wood buoyed up the old shipwreck.
   • The raft was buoyed up by inflated tubes.

   Synonymesfloathold upsupport

   Antonymesfloodimmersesinksubmerge

2. Support or encourageformal

   To give someone emotional or moral support, or to keep spirits high.

   Remonter le moral

   • Her kind words buoyed up my spirits during the difficult time.
   • The team's victory buoyed up the entire community.
   • Positive feedback from the manager buoyed up the employees.

   Synonymesboostcheercomfortconsoleencouragefortifyinspiritliftraisestrengthensupportsustainuphold

   Antonymesdemoralizedepressdiscouragedisheartendissuade

Verbe de basebuoy