buoy up   (TTS Sound)

The verb buoy up has 3 senses

• lighten, lighten up, buoy up -- (become more cheerful; "after a glass of wine, he lightened up a bit")


• lighten, lighten up, buoy up -- (make more cheerful; "the conversation lightened me up a bit")


• buoy, buoy up -- (keep afloat; "The life vest buoyed him up")