turning the frown upside down

Verb

turn the frown upside down (third-person singular simple present turns the frown upside down, present participle turning the frown upside down, simple past and past participle turned the frown upside down)

1. (colloquial) To become or make somebody else happy after being sad.
   • Tricky Nicky always ran around town / She’s the type of girl who'll turn your frown upside-down / Five fucking minutes in the sack and you’ll return with a / Dozen roses and some weed to burn2006, Mike Pinto, “Tricky Nicky”, in Little District

   Synonyms:

   cheer up, happify, beatify, enrapture, begladden, blissen, bright, cheer, fetch, cherish