buoy up

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verb

1. become more cheerful (Freq. 1)
- after a glass of wine, he lightened up a bit
• Syn:
lighten, lighten up
• Hypernyms:
cheer, cheer up, chirk up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
2. make more cheerful
- the conversation lightened me up a bit
• Syn:
lighten, lighten up
• Ant:
weigh down (for: lighten)
• Hypernyms:
cheer
• Cause:
lighten, lighten up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
3. keep afloat
- The life vest buoyed him up
• Syn:
buoy
• Derivationally related forms:
buoyant (for: buoy)
• Hypernyms:
hold, support, sustain, hold up
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something