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buoy up

verb

Definitions

  1. To uplift, hearten, inspire, or raise the spirits of.

    • I have supported with very great zeal, and I am told with some degree of success, those opinions, or if his Grace likes another expression better, those old prejudices, which buoy up the ponderous mass of his nobility, wealth, and title.
    • With this training complete, and the crews of his cruisers and destroyers somewhat buoyed up by the experience, he then headed into the seas around Guadalcanal on the 9th[…]

  2. To keep afloat

    To keep afloat; to provide with buoyancy.

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