buck up, kids, it's not so bad as you're making it out to be
a surprise presidential visit to buck up the troops
Recent Examples on the WebPresident Biden’s lieutenants want to write off his dismal debate performance on Thursday as one bad night and are calling on Democrats to buck up and fight.—E.j. Dionne Jr., Washington Post, 30 June 2024 The tournament variety is nothing to be scoffed at, either, with plenty of Knockout, Sit & Go, and Windfall tournaments with buy-ins ranging from just a few bucks up to the $500+ price tags on some of the bigger GTD tournaments.—Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2024 Characteristically, Navalny tried to buck up his fellow oppositionists.—The Editors, National Review, 16 Feb. 2024 The officials were also trying to buck up their own staff.—Farnaz Fassihi, New York Times, 5 Dec. 2023 Marrying the wrong woman and then, instead of bucking up and withstanding it or bucking up and ending things, carrying on a years-long affair that made miseries of multiple lives.—Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 5 May 2023 Back in 1922, Bruyere had bucked up a despondent Howard Carter when the Englishman was about to abandon his long search for the tomb of Tutankhamen.—Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2023 So just buck up and write the check this year.—Kris Frieswick, WSJ, 30 Dec. 2021 So buck up, sister.—EW.com, 23 Mar. 2021
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