Cause (somebody) to feel happier or more cheerful.
1 Never saw a fellow jolly up so in my life.
2 Why, the profs used to come to our feeds and jolly up with the crowd.
3 We've got to work out a routine, make contacts, dig up some news sources, jolly up the locals a bit.
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.
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.
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.
7 The honest fellow was more than half crazed by strong waters, incomprehensible words, and " jollying up " which the young chaps had given him.
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