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lighten up
Idioms and Phrases
Become or cause to become less serious or gloomy, and more cheerful. For example, Lighten up, Sam鈥攊t'll turn out all right . This slangy expression transfers reducing a physical weight to a change of mood or attitude.Example Sentences
What鈥檚 more, Bridges expresses gratitude for his wife鈥檚 frequent reminders to lighten up and have fun.
Doncic expressed shock at the trade and might well be thinking hard about lightening up rather than lighting up.
"Any attempts to lighten up, a smile and a laugh are quickly met by regret and guilt," they said.
No, this is more the fatigue of frustration 鈥 I want to like this show so much but it refuses to lighten up enough to let me in.
The messages included photos and said, 鈥淣ext time don鈥檛 massage too hard. You need to lighten up. I have bruises.鈥
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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