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Meanings of buck up in English

Spanish
animarse

Gain courage.

animarse
Synonyms
Examples for "take heart"
Examples for "take heart"
1
They hope so; and they take heart of grace to believe so.
Autobiography of mark twain, vol. 1
2
So take heart and console yourself.' 'Ali thanked him for that, reciting:
The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1,001 Nights. Vol. 1
3
She tries to take heart from the sheer number of Rackham's employees.
The crimson petal and the white
4
And you can take heart in the fact that you're not alone.
Wired
5
They could take heart from their performance against Argentina despite the defeat.
The Guardian
Usage of buck up in English
1
No use advising Miss Stein to buck up and do her best.
Winnie Childs, the Shop Girl
2
I'll see that the papers get the right story, 'o buck up.
The Iron Trail
3
But if you've gone and done the deed, buck up, sulk monkey.
The football fan's manifesto
4
Show them they're no good when they buck up against Thorpe's One!
The Blazed Trail
5
You must all buck up and get more into the swing of things.
Monitress Merle
6
But buck up-onlineuser guides explain the ATM's OS, which is often primitive.
Wired
7
Now buck up a bit and find our train for us.
Our Casualty, and Other Stories / 1918
8
He rubbed it over and over, to buck up his courage.
Kafka on the Shore
9
How being told to buck up and stiff-upper-lip it often makes things worse.
The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl
10
Now buck up, and for the Lord's sake forget the Frenchman.
The Breaking Point
11
They'd have kicked me out, and let me either buck up or die.
Captivity
12
He was bolstering his own spirits, and trying to buck up mine, too.
Dying for Dinner (A Cooking Class Mystery)
13
Was it dropping Hood that made you buck up like this?
Bull Hunter
14
Jimmy did buck up, though Mr. Straker's message still remains to be delivered.
The Stolen Singer
15
How do you know you wouldn't buck up when the real pinch comes?
The Taming of Red Butte Western
16
You'll be late for mess yourself if you don't buck up.
The Lamp in the Desert
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Translations for buck up
Spanish
animarse
Buck up through the time
Buck up across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common