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bucked up one's ideas

bucked up one's ideas is the simple past and past participle of buck up one's ideas.

Meaning of buck up one's ideas

Verb

buck up one's ideas (third-person singular simple present bucks up one's ideas, present participle bucking up one's ideas, simple past and past participle bucked up one's ideas)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) to pull one's socks up

Questions about bucked up one's ideas

What is bucked up one's ideas the simple past and past participle of?
Bucked up one's ideas is the simple past and past participle of buck up one's ideas.

Words near bucked up one's ideas in the dictionary

  1. bucked out
  2. bucked the tide
  3. bucked the tiger
  4. bucked the trend
  5. bucked up
  6. bucked up one's ideas
  7. bucked up to
  8. buckeen
  9. buckeens
  10. Buckelew
  11. Buckelews

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