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keep one's chin up

keep one's chin up verb: to remain positive and cheerful.

Verb

keep one's chin up (third-person singular simple present keeps one's chin up, present participle keeping one's chin up, simple past and past participle kept one's chin up)

  1. (idiomatic) To remain positive and cheerful.

Forms of keep one's chin up

third-person singular presentkeeps one's chin up
present participlekeeping one's chin up
past participlekept one's chin up
pastkept one's chin up

Words formed from keep one's chin up

Questions about keep one's chin up

What does keep one's chin up mean?
Keep one's chin up means to remain positive and cheerful.
What part of speech is keep one's chin up?
Keep one's chin up is a verb.
What is the past tense of keep one's chin up?
The past tense of keep one's chin up is kept one's chin up.

Words near keep one's chin up in the dictionary

  1. keep on truckin'
  2. keep on trucking
  3. keep one's breath to cool one's porridge
  4. keep one's cards close to one's chest
  5. keep one's chapels
  6. keep one's chin up
  7. keep one's cool
  8. keep one's counsel
  9. keep one's countenance
  10. keep one's distance
  11. keep one's ears open

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