to lift up
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3.7
- phrasal verb
- /lɪft ʌp/
:
animar
- Your husband needs a cheerleader to lift him up in good times and bad.
- lift people up
- lift people's spirits up
- lift up our hearts
When you celebrate and lift them up, the whole tide rises.
- When you celebrate and lift them up, the whole tide rises.
- I like lifting other creators up if I can.
- You surround yourself with people who lift you up and inspire you.
- When will you take their thoughts and lift them up higher?
- Partnerships are more about lifting each each other up, flaws and all.
- Who did I lift up when they were down?
- It's a, it's a, it can lift up your mood.
- And, and I just like hearing it and it just lifts me up.
- And, and what it is lifting up is first empowerment and humility.
- And, and we'll bring them together and coach them and give them a platform, lift them up, create networks for them.
- It's someone weighing you down, slowing you down, not lifting you up.
- And that lifted up those that didn't have resources in smaller newsrooms.
- Even if that means that that government isn't exactly the party that lifts you up to achieve it either.
- When you focus on the beauty, when you focus on what's going right, it lifts everyone else up around you.
- And there are things that you can say that can lift him up, that can help him feel like he's the man that you want.
- I mean, you know, do you feel, do you feel the, you feel I'm lifted up here, Riley.
Examples
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We suffer together, so that together He will lift us up in due time.
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Let's lift up our hands tonight and praise the Lord!
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There are so many things that can lift us up.
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But this desire now to lift up other men, right?
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I'll lift you up now, all right?
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I like lifting other creators up if I can.
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You surround yourself with people who lift you up and inspire you.
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When you celebrate and lift them up, the whole tide rises.
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It's learning how to lift yourself up when life knocks you down.
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Their kind words truly lifted up my spirits after a tough week.
Synonyms
392
1.0
To make someone feel happier
215
3.7
To help someone become better off or more confident
84
4.3
To give extra support to a person, plan, or idea
28
4.1
Make someone feel excited and full of energy
23
3.2
To make someone feel happier and more hopeful
19
6.4
To make someone feel very happy and proud
16
3.1
Become more lively and cheerful after feeling tired or sad
14
6.3
To become or make someone more cheerful and confident
13
5.5
Make someone feel happier or more confident
8
2.8
To make someone feel happier or more cheerful
8
3.9
To make someone feel happier
5
3.7
Make people feel more confident and positive
4
7.0
To make someone feel very excited and happy
3
4.1
Make someone or something more lively and interesting
3
7.0
Make someone feel happier and full of energy
1
3.9
To make someone feel happier when they are sad
1
3.4
Help someone feel happier
To make someone feel more cheerful and confident
To give help to someone or something to make them stronger
To make someone feel stronger in their mind or feelings
Make people more interested and eager about something
Antonyms
How Uplifting
Surface Forms
Morphology
The sense 'to fill someone with high spirits' is a clear metaphorical extension of the literal idea of 'lifting/raising' (lift + up → raise), and many languages use a similar 'raise morale' construction, so a learner who knows the constituents can plausibly infer the meaning. However, the mapping is metaphorical and phrasal-verb uses vary by context, so the emotional sense is not fully predictable without some exposure.
Etymology
Lift up also has a feeling image: imagine someone sad and a friend lift up their chin so they smile, and that physical rise becomes a picture for cheering someone. That's why lift up means 'to make someone feel better'.