cheer up

phrasal verb

cheered up; cheering up; cheers up
1
: to make (someone) happier
We tried our best to cheer the children up.
2
: to become happier
They cheered up at the mention of her name.
Cheer up—things will get better!
3
: to make (something) more cheerful or pleasant
Bright colors really cheer up a room.

Examples of cheer up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web But, when Klaus' toys begin to cheer up the children of Smeerensburg — a town whose inhabitants are perpetually engaged in a feud between two familial clans — Jesper and Klaus must step out of their comfort zones to help save the town from itself. Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 5 Dec. 2023 Whitfield’s character was the granddaughter of Major General Thomas Waverly (Dean Jagger), a hotel owner who gets some cheering up courtesy of Irving Berlin tunes and characters played by Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen. Daniel S. Levine, Peoplemag, 1 Mar. 2024 From $417 Hotel Maria, Helsinki (Finland) Only one thing can cheer up the perma darkness of a Finnish winter: a fancy new hotel. Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 5 Jan. 2024 Misery may love company, but sometimes a miserable person wants cheering up too. Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 19 Dec. 2023 Many children are a bit weepy at first, but most of them cheer up in a few minutes. Pamela Kruger, Parents, 18 Dec. 2023 But cheer up: At least this will benefit unionized teachers who prefer less scrutiny of what exactly their students are learning. The Editors, National Review, 20 Nov. 2023 The Met’s fine orchestra, led by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, vibrates with intensity, and Ailyn Pérez has no trouble in the role of a famous soprano whose singing just might turn back time — or at least cheer up a school of piranhas. Vulture, 17 Nov. 2023 Customers often tried to draw her into their lives, asking her to do things like draw a heart on a drink cup to cheer up a heartbroken passenger. Kim Severson, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2023

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“Cheer up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cheer%20up. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024.

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