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raise someone's spirits

raise someone's spirits verb: to make someone feel in a better mood.

Verb

raise someone's spirits (third-person singular simple present raises someone's spirits, present participle raising someone's spirits, simple past and past participle raised someone's spirits)

  1. (idiomatic) To make someone feel in a better mood

Synonyms of raise someone's spirits

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Forms of raise someone's spirits

third-person singular presentraises someone's spirits
present participleraising someone's spirits
past participleraised someone's spirits
pastraised someone's spirits

Questions about raise someone's spirits

What does raise someone's spirits mean?
Raise someone's spirits means to make someone feel in a better mood.
What part of speech is raise someone's spirits?
Raise someone's spirits is a verb.
What is the past tense of raise someone's spirits?
The past tense of raise someone's spirits is raised someone's spirits.

Words near raise someone's spirits in the dictionary

  1. raise red flags
  2. raise someone's consciousness
  3. raise someone's hackles
  4. raise someone's shackles
  5. raise someone's shag
  6. raise someone's spirits
  7. raise steam
  8. raise the alarm
  9. raise the ante
  10. raise the bar
  11. raise the dead

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