buck up

Interjection

 * 1)  Cheer up; take courage; take heart.
 * 2)  Hurry up; make haste.

Verb

 * 1)  To become encouraged, reinvigorated, or cheerful; to summon one's courage or spirits; to pluck up courage.
 * 2)  To encourage; to hearten.
 * 3)  To do better.
 * 4)  To dress oneself up smartly; compare (obsolete)  ("a fop, dandy")
 * 5)  To pass on to higher authority for resolution. See also.
 * 6)  To hurry up.
 * 7)  To hit or fight (someone).
 * 1)  To pass on to higher authority for resolution. See also.
 * 2)  To hurry up.
 * 3)  To hit or fight (someone).
 * 1)  To hurry up.
 * 2)  To hit or fight (someone).
 * 1)  To hit or fight (someone).
 * 1)  To hit or fight (someone).

Usage notes

 * In the transitive senses, the object may appear before or after the particle. If the object is a pronoun, then it must be before the particle.

Derived terms

 * buck up one's ideas
 * buck up to

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese:
 * Mandarin: 打起精神


 * Russian:, ,