to lift
- verb
- /lɪft/
- During the choir practice, she encouraged everyone to lift their voices and sing loudly.
- lift your voice
- lift a cry
Examples
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Lift up thy voice with strength.
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Want to lift my voice and sing About the love and joy He brings
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Lift your voice to God.
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Even though no one asked us, even when all were quiet, we had to lift up our voices.
Academic text (1996) -
Lift your voice
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He tried to lift his voice above the crowd in order to be heard.
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To get everyone involved, the coach asked the players to lift their voices in support of their teammate.
Synonyms
To make a loud sound to get attention
To speak very loudly to get attention or show strong feeling
To shout to show support for someone or something
To say something aloud
To raise someone or something to a higher place
Talk more loudly so people can hear you
To lift something or someone to a higher place
To start speaking suddenly, often loudly or in a high voice
Speak more loudly, often because you are angry or want to be heard
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- Specialized
Surgery that tightens the skin on the face and removes extra tissue to make someone look younger
A moving bar on a slope that pulls people up while they keep their skis or snowboard on
A ski lift with a T-shaped bar that pulls skiers or snowboarders uphill as they hold it
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Etymology
Lift the voice comes from the old sense 'raise', so to lift a cry or your voice is to make it higher or louder. That's why we say someone 'lifted' a cheer or a warning.