Examples of buck up in a Sentence
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 Web
Characteristically, Navalny tried to buck up his fellow oppositionists.
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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
After raising prices for months, some firms are betting that markdowns will buck up sales and clear inventory.
—Rachel Wolfe, WSJ, 20 Nov. 2022
But the President's attempt to buck up the national psyche and his own political prospects rang rather hollow.
—Stephen Collinson, CNN, 11 Feb. 2022
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
After raising prices for months, some firms are betting that markdowns will buck up sales and clear inventory.
—Rachel Wolfe, WSJ, 20 Nov. 2022
But the President's attempt to buck up the national psyche and his own political prospects rang rather hollow.
—Stephen Collinson, CNN, 11 Feb. 2022
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“Buck up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/buck%20up. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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