buck(someone/something)up
phrasal verbwithbuckverb[I]uk/bʌk/us/bʌk/
UKinformaltobecomehappieror morepositiveor to make someonehappieror morepositive:
Oh,buckup for heaven'ssake, Anthony! I'msickoflookingatyourmiserableface.
She was told that if she didn'tbuckherideasup(=startworkingin a morepositiveway), she'd be out of ajob.
Aweekat thebeachwillbuckher up.
Causing pleasure
- agreeable
- agreeableness
- agreeably
- all things to all peopleidiom
- attractive
- delight
- delightful
- delightfully
- distraction
- dosomeonethe world of goodidiom
- homey
- indulgent
- indulgently
- jovial
- jovially
- sensuous
- sensuously
- serendipitous
- sweeten
- ultra-civilized
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Feeling pleasure and happiness