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lift someone's spirits

lift someone's spirits verb: to cause someone to be cheerful or euphoric.

Verb

lift someone's spirits (third-person singular simple present lifting someone's spirits, present participle lifts someone's spirits, simple past and past participle lifted someone's spirits)

  1. (idiomatic) to cause someone to be cheerful or euphoric.

Synonyms of lift someone's spirits

Forms of lift someone's spirits

third-person singular presentlifting someone's spirits
present participlelifts someone's spirits
past participlelifted someone's spirits
pastlifted someone's spirits

Questions about lift someone's spirits

What does lift someone's spirits mean?
Lift someone's spirits means to cause someone to be cheerful or euphoric.
What part of speech is lift someone's spirits?
Lift someone's spirits is a verb.
What is the past tense of lift someone's spirits?
The past tense of lift someone's spirits is lifted someone's spirits.

Words near lift someone's spirits in the dictionary

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