chin up

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chin up

  • /t͡ʃɪˈnʌp/

Where it comes from

Ellipsis of keep one's chin up.

phrase

  1. colloquial Be happy; cheer up. Chin up: it’s your birthday.

verb chins up · chinning up · chinned up

  1. intransitive To face a situation cheerfully or with confidence. You'll have to chin up to get through this.

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phrase cheer up

Françaishaut les cœurs, courage
DeutschKopf hoch
Русскийвы́ше нос výše nos

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"chin up." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/chin%20up. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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chin up. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/chin%20up

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"chin up." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/chin%20up.

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@misc{chin_up_2026,
  title = {chin up},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chin%20up},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}