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    JOLLY ALONG

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (verb) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Cause (somebody) to feel happier or more cheerfulplay

    Example:

    She tried to cheer up the disappointed child when he failed to win the spelling bee

    Synonyms:

    cheer; cheer up; jolly along; jolly up

    Classified under:

    Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

    Cause:

    cheer; cheer up; chirk up (become cheerful)

    Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "jolly along"):

    amuse (make (somebody) laugh)

    Sentence frames:

    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody

    Sentence example:

    The good news will jolly along her

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