buck up

1. 1.

   gain courage

   Synonymstake heart

   Broadercheer

Questions about buck up

What does buck up mean?

buck up means "gain courage".

What is another word for buck up?

Close synonyms include take heart. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is buck up a common word?

buck up is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.