Buck Up Meaning

To adopt a positive outlook attitude or mood when one is upset or discouraged.

Buck up meaning. Others use it to encourage someone to let go of their anger or other negative emotions. To become encouraged. I realized i needed to buck up and tackle the problem head on. Buck up kids it s not so bad as you re making it out to be.

Cheer up become encouraged as in buck up. To raise the morale of. It comes from the word buck which is another word. To pluck up courage.

This idiom originated in the 1800s. It s especially used in the south and often in small towns. Synonyms antonyms of buck up. Buck up means to basically grin and bear it kinda like sayin get over it only more nicely.

If you buck someone up or buck up their spirits you say or do something to make them more cheerful. We ll soon have it done or even the promise of a vacation did not buck her up. By libbylee2487 april 23 2005. Verb noun particle the aim it seemed was to buck up their spirits in the face of the recession.

Definition of buck up. Mark was complainin about the rain ruinin the huntin trip and his dad said it ll be ok just buck up. Deal with a problem. British informal anything anybody said to him to try and buck him up wouldn t sink in.

Although the phrase is typically used as an imperative a noun or pronoun can also be used between buck and up buck up honey i m sure the interview didn t go as badly as you think. Origin of buck up. This term was first recorded in 1844. 1 to become glad or hopeful.

Definition of buck up. To summon one s courage or spirits. To anchor or fasten something or someone in place.