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Verb: cheer up
  1. Cause (somebody) to feel happier or more cheerful
    "She tried to cheer up the disappointed child when he failed to win the spelling bee"
    - cheer, jolly along, jolly up
     
  2. Become cheerful
    - cheer, chirk up

Derived forms: cheering up, cheers up, cheered up

Type of: joy, rejoice

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