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Lighten up   /lˈaɪtən əp/   Listen
Lighten up

verb
1.
Make more cheerful.  Synonyms: buoy up, lighten.
2.
Become more cheerful.  Synonyms: buoy up, lighten.
3.
Make lighter or brighter.  Synonyms: brighten, lighten.
4.
Become lighter.  Synonym: lighten.






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"Lighten up" Quotes from Famous Books



... night. Midnight passes, and lights still flicker along the shore. It is so dark we cannot see the land, though not more than a mile from it, and only know what it is by our compass and bearings, and the fires which lighten up the clouds in spots right over them. One, two, and three o'clock have passed; no sail or sound yet, and the night so dark we cannot see a ship's length away. Half past three, and we begin to heave anchor. The rattle of ...
— Continental Monthly , Vol. 6, No. 1, July, 1864 - Devoted to Literature and National Policy. • Various

... buffalo chips lighted by the Sioux, who were now busy skinning and cutting up the slain buffaloes. Dick saw the fires all about him, but none was nearer than a hundred yards, and, despite them, he decided that now was his best time to attempt escape before the moon should come out and lighten up the night. ...
— The Last of the Chiefs - A Story of the Great Sioux War • Joseph Altsheler

... Wohlgemuths, Albert Duerers, both the Holbeins, Lucas Cranachs, Ambergaus, and Burgmairs of all sizes and degrees of merit. Among these ancient specimens—which are placed in curious order, in the very upper suite of apartments, and of which the backgrounds of several, in one solid coat of gilt, lighten up the room like a golden sunset—you must not fail to pay particular attention to a singularly curious old subject—representing the Life, Miracles, and Passion of our Savior, in a series of one hundred and fifty-eight pictures—of which the largest is nearly three feet ...
— Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume V (of X) • Various



Words linked to "Lighten up" :   chirk up, modify, irradiate, light, alter, illuminate, darken, light up, brighten, illumine, buoy up, cheer up, illume, change, cheer, lighten, weigh down



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