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Bucked up   /bəkt əp/   Listen
Bucked up

adjective
1.
Inspired with confidence.  Synonym: encouraged.





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"Bucked up" Quotes from Famous Books



... died during the gale, but when the weather moderated early on the 3rd, the remaining seventeen animals bucked up and, when not eating their food, nonchalantly gnawed great gaps in the stout planks forming the head parts of their stalls. At last the sun came out and helped to dry the dogs. Campbell and his seamen cleared up the decks and re-secured the top hamper in the forenoon, we reset sail, ...
— South with Scott • Edward R. G. R. Evans


Words linked to "Bucked up" :   encouraged, pleased


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