Usage of "lighten up"

Spanish

Make more cheerful.

Portuguese

Catalan

Make lighter or brighter.

Usage of lighten up in English

Mindful of his youthful arrogance, he advises young actors to lighten up. 
 Reuters 

Once she smiled, but the smile did not lighten up her face. 
 Parrot & Co. 

Happy Monday folks, here's something to lighten up those post-Carte Blanche blues. 
 The South African 

I smiled at her reflection, inviting her to lighten up with me. 
 Dead ever after 

Or should some of us ladies get a life and lighten up? 
 The Irish Times 

How she used to blush and lighten up when those letters came! 
 Vanity Fair 

So it is better to lighten up on debt, a Manila-based trader said. 
 Reuters 

By the time it was over, Morrison says he needed to lighten up. 
 Wired 

I wrote and produced this ditty for us to lighten up a bit. 
 The South African 

Stalwart sticklers for sub-committee procedures and minute-keeping should be told to lighten up. 
 The Guardian 

When are you going to lighten up and call me Bill? 
 Mr. Mercedes 

After the 18th, you may find it easier to lighten up. 
 Ebony 

But Jensen believes it is time to lighten up a little. 
 Reuters 

Then one of them winks at Trudy and says, Hey, Professor, lighten up. 
 Those who save us 

Say, Boss, do you want this to lighten up your old freight-train with? 
 Mark Twain: A Biography. Volume II, Part 1: 1886-1900 

Then it's time to change your approach and lighten up. 
 Ebony 

lighten

Verb

Preposition

Translations for lighten up

Spanish

Portuguese

Catalan

Lighten up through the time

Lighten up across language varieties

United States of America

Common

Ireland

Common

United Kingdom

Less common

Meanings of lighten up in English