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Meanings of jolly up in English

Portuguese
alegrar
Catalan
alegrar
Spanish
alegrar

Cause (somebody) to feel happier or more cheerful.

        alegrar
        Usage of jolly up in English
        1
        Never saw a fellow jolly up so in my life.
        Lifted Masks; stories
        2
        Why, the profs used to come to our feeds and jolly up with the crowd.
        Stanford Stories: Tales of a Young University
        3
        We've got to work out a routine, make contacts, dig up some news sources, jolly up the locals a bit.
        Scoop
        4
        No, I shouldn't; it's real jolly up there when the big barn is full and eighty horses have to be taken care of.
        St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, October 1878, ...
        5
        I make 'em my friends, and I dance with the girls and I jolly up the men, and we are all good pals together.
        Courts and Criminals
        6
        There's tools to open things, an' you hev to be ready to 'xplain how you come thur an' jolly up a parlor maid per'aps.
        Lo, Michael!
        7
        The honest fellow was more than half crazed by strong waters, incomprehensible words, and " jollying up" which the young chaps had given him.
        The Fat of the Land: The Story of an American Farm
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        Translations for jolly up
        Portuguese
        alegraranimar