Buoy up Common

Buoy up has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Verb

become more cheerful

"after a glass of wine, he lightened up a bit"

lighten lighten up buoy up

make more cheerful

"the conversation lightened me up a bit"

lighten lighten up buoy up

keep afloat

"The life vest buoyed him up"

buoy buoy up

To uplift, hearten, inspire or raise the spirits of.

Example Sentences

"after a glass of wine, he lightened up a bit" verb

"the conversation lightened me up a bit" verb

"The life vest buoyed him up" verb

Antonyms

weigh on

Broader Terms (hypernyms)

cheer hold

Rhyming Words

2 up 7 up 1 up on up go up ey up re up do up tug up tee up bid up bag up end up eye up fog up fed up ton up rig up man up ice up

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