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bucks up one's ideas

bucks up one's ideas is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 bucks up one's ideas

What is bucks up one's ideas the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Bucks up one's ideas is the third-person singular simple present indicative of buck up one's ideas.

Words near bucks up one's ideas in the dictionary

  1. bucks out
  2. bucks the tide
  3. bucks the tiger
  4. bucks the trend
  5. bucks up
  6. bucks up one's ideas
  7. bucks up to
  8. bucks' parties
  9. bucks' party
  10. Bucks.
  11. bucksaw

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