Antonyms for buck up
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : buhk |
| Phonetic Transcription : bʌk |
Definition of buck up
Origin :- "male deer," c.1300, earlier "male goat;" from Old English bucca "male goat," from Proto-Germanic *bukkon (cf. Old Saxon buck, Middle Dutch boc, Dutch bok, Old High German boc, German Bock, Old Norse bokkr), perhaps from a PIE root *bhugo (cf. Avestan buza "buck, goat," Armenian buc "lamb"), but some speculate that it is from a lost pre-Germanic language. Barnhart says Old English buc "male deer," listed in some sources, is a "ghost word or scribal error."
- Meaning "dollar" is 1856, American English, perhaps an abbreviation of buckskin, a unit of trade among Indians and Europeans in frontier days, attested in this sense from 1748. Pass the buck is first recorded in the literal sense 1865, American English:
- The 'buck' is any inanimate object, usually knife or pencil, which is thrown into a jack pot and temporarily taken by the winner of the pot. Whenever the deal reaches the holder of the 'buck', a new jack pot must be made. [J.W. Keller, "Draw Poker," 1887]
- Perhaps originally especially a buck-handled knife. The figurative sense of "shift responsibility" is first recorded 1912. Buck private is recorded by 1870s, of uncertain signification.
- verb cheer up
- Buck up, old girl, it is never so bad that it might not be worse!
- Extract from : « The Adventurous Seven » by Bessie Marchant
- She is a nice lady and tries to buck up for her children's sake, she says.
- Extract from : « Mary Louise and Josie O'Gorman » by Emma Speed Sampson
- Nobody but a fool out of college cares to buck up against them.
- Extract from : « The Cross-Cut » by Courtney Ryley Cooper
- I say, I can't carry you now,' I said; 'for God's sake, buck up.'
- Extract from : « The Hero » by William Somerset Maugham
- Let them hate us, and say so; it'll teach us to buck up; and that's what really matters.'
- Extract from : « The Riddle of the Sands » by Erskine Childers
- He adjured Pixie repeatedly, and with unction, to “Buck up!”
- Extract from : « The Love Affairs of Pixie » by Mrs George de Horne Vaizey
- We have to buck up, and grin and bear it, and make the best of a bad bargain.
- Extract from : « The Prairie Child » by Arthur Stringer
- You 'd think a man might buck up in response to that, wouldnt you?
- Extract from : « Atlantic Narratives » by Mary Antin
- You must buck up, little woman, and show them what you can do!
- Extract from : « The Celebrity at Home » by Violet Hunt
- Just buck up and be a man, and you'll pull it off magnificently.
- Extract from : « The Side Of The Angels » by Basil King
Synonyms for buck up
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