buoy up
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buoy up
verb buoys up · buoying up · buoyed up
- To uplift, hearten, inspire, or raise the spirits of. I have supported with very great zeal, and I am told with some degree of success, those opinions, or if his Grace likes another expression better, those old prejudices, which buoy up the ponderous mass of his nobility, wealth, and title.
- To keep afloat; to provide with buoyancy.
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verb uplift
| Français | encourager |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | flott halten, Auftrieb geben, aufrechterhalten, beleben |
Talk about this word "buoy up." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/buoy%20up. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. buoy up. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/buoy%20up "buoy up." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/buoy%20up.
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@misc{buoy_up_2026,
title = {buoy up},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/buoy%20up},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
