Synonyms & antonyms

buck up Synonyms & Antonyms

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Buck Up as an Interjection

Cheer up; take courage; take heart.

Hurry up; make haste.

To become encouraged, reinvigorated, or cheerful; to summon one's courage or spirits; to pluck up courage.

I realized I needed to buck up and tackle the problem head-on.

To encourage; to hearten.

I knew I had to try and buck up the rest of my team as well.

To do better.

You better buck up or you'll never make it.

To dress oneself up smartly; compare (obsolete) buck ("a fop, dandy")

To pass on to higher authority for resolution. See also pass the buck.

He started bucking up everything to management when he didn't get a raise.

To hurry up.

To hit or fight (someone).

I realized I needed to buck up and tackle the problem head-on.

I knew I had to try and buck up the rest of my team as well.

You better buck up or you'll never make it.

He started bucking up everything to management when he didn't get a raise.

He just bucked everything risky up to management.

Instead of dealing with the customer's complaint himself, he just bucked it up to his boss.

buck up

buck up (third-person singular simple present bucks up, present participle bucking up, simple past and past participle bucked up)

Part of speech	interjection, verb
Meaning	Cheer up; take courage; take heart
Verb forms	bucks up, bucking up, bucked up