buck up (English, verb)
expansion: buck up (third-person singular simple present bucks up, present participle bucking up, simple past and past participle bucked up)
Senses:
glosses: To become encouraged, reinvigorated, or cheerful; to summon one's courage or spirits; to pluck up courage.
tags: idiomatic
intransitive
glosses: To encourage; to hearten.
tags: idiomatic
transitive
glosses: To do better.
tags: idiomatic
intransitive
glosses: To dress oneself up smartly; compare (obsolete) buck ("a fop, dandy")
tags: dated
idiomatic
intransitive
glosses: To pass on to higher authority for resolution. See also pass the buck.
tags: colloquial
idiomatic
transitive
glosses: To hurry up.
tags: obsolete
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: To hit or fight (someone).
tags: idiomatic
slang
transitive
Forms:
form: bucks up
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: bucking up
tags: participle
present
form: bucked up
tags: participle
past
form: bucked up
tags: past