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bucking up one's ideas

bucking up one's ideas is the present participle and gerund 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 bucking up one's ideas

What is bucking up one's ideas the present participle and gerund of?
Bucking up one's ideas is the present participle and gerund of buck up one's ideas.

Words near bucking up one's ideas in the dictionary

  1. bucking out
  2. bucking the tide
  3. bucking the tiger
  4. bucking the trend
  5. bucking up
  6. bucking up one's ideas
  7. bucking up to
  8. Buckingham
  9. Buckingham College
  10. Buckingham County
  11. Buckingham Palace

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