buck up
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.01 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
intj
verb
To become encouraged, reinvigorated, or cheerful; to summon one's courage or spirits; to pluck up courage.
Intransitive verb
verb
To pass on to higher authority for resolution. See also pass the buck.
Colloquial; Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "I realized I needed to buck up and tackle the problem head-on."
- "I knew I had to try and buck up the rest of my team as well."
- "You better buck up or you'll never make it."
- "He started bucking up everything to management when he didn't get a raise."
- "He just bucked everything risky up to management."
- "Instead of dealing with the customer's complaint himself, he just bucked it up to his boss."