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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—it'll turn out all right . This slangy expression transfers reducing a physical weight to a change of mood or attitude.Example Sentences
What’s more, Bridges expresses gratitude for his wife’s 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 — 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, “Next time don’t massage too hard. You need to lighten up. I have bruises.”
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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