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Verb buoy up has 3 senses
- lighten, buoy up - make more cheerful
--1 is one way to cheer, cheer up, chirk up
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- lighten, buoy up - make more cheerful
--2 is one way to cheer
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- buoy, buoy up - keep afloat; "The life vest buoyed him up"
--3 is one way to hold, support, sustain, hold up
Sample sentences:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
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