Verb buoy up has 3 senses
  1. lighten, buoy up - make more cheerful
    --1 is one way to cheer, cheer up, chirk up
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
  2. lighten, buoy up - make more cheerful
    --2 is one way to cheer
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
  3. buoy, buoy up - keep afloat; "The life vest buoyed him up"
    --3 is one way to hold, support, sustain, hold up
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
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