buoy up

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to support someone's spirits and make them feel more hopeful

   Phrasal verb · Separable

   buoy up someone/something / buoy someone/something up

   Usage: The object is a person, their spirits or confidence. Put pronouns before up: buoy her up; buoy them up.

   Encouraging messages from her friends helped buoy up her spirits during recovery.

   Sources and attribution

   OpenAI Codex authors; independent AI editorial review recorded in the corpus review archive. — Original project editorial material; cleared for The Missing Workbook

   • The Missing Workbook: original construction review

   Encouraging messages from her friends helped buoy up her spirits during recovery.

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