cheer up
intj1
An encouragement to somebody who seems unhappy.
- Cheer up! Things could be worse.
cheer up
verb1
Idiomatic To become happier or less downcast.
- I cheered up after seeing the results.
2
Idiomatic To make someone happier or less downcast.
- The arrival of the unexpected letter cheered him up almost immediately.
- Therefore cheere vp your mindes, prepare to fight, He that can take or ſlaughter Tamburlaine, Shall rule the Prouince of Albania.c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene ii:
- Derived terms
- cheerer-upper