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JOLLY ALONG

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause (somebody) to feel happier or more cheerful

Example:

She tried to cheer up the disappointed child when he failed to win the spelling bee

Synonyms:

cheer; cheer up; jolly along; jolly up

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Cause:

cheer; cheer up; chirk up (become cheerful)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "jolly along"):

amuse (make (somebody) laugh)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sentence example:

The good news will jolly along her

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