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1. If someone cheers up they start to feel happier.
Examples of use:
a) I wish he would cheer up.
b) She was very unhappy last week, but she has cheered up now.
c) He cheers up when he sees his girlfriend.
2. To cheer up somebody (or cheer somebody up) is to make them feel happier.
Examples of use:
a) Harriet has had a very bad week. Let's buy her some flowers to cheer her up.
b) You look sad. What can I do to cheer you up?
| infinitive |
cheer up |
| present simple |
cheer up and cheers up |
| -ing form |
cheering up |
| past simple |
cheered up |
| past participle |
cheered up |
Can you use this phrasal verb in a sentence?
When you are sad, what cheers you up?
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