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lifts someone's spirits

lifts someone's spirits is the present participle and gerund of lift someone's spirits.

Meaning of lift someone's spirits

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.

Questions about lifts someone's spirits

What is lifts someone's spirits the present participle and gerund of?
Lifts someone's spirits is the present participle and gerund of lift someone's spirits.

Words near lifts someone's spirits in the dictionary

  1. lifts oneself up by one's boot-tags
  2. lifts oneself up by one's bootstraps
  3. lifts oneself up by one's own boot-tags
  4. lifts oneself up by one's own bootstraps
  5. lifts oneself up by one's own waistbands
  6. lifts someone's spirits
  7. lifts the bar
  8. lifts the lid
  9. lifts up
  10. liftshaft
  11. liftshafts

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