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JOLLY UP
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cause (somebody) to feel happier or more cheerful
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 up"):
amuse (make (somebody) laugh)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sentence example:
The good news will jolly up her
