Examples of buck up in a Sentence
buck up, kids, it's not so bad as you're making it out to be
a surprise presidential visit to buck up the troops
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The small-town infrastructure was starting to buck up against NASCAR’s ascending popularity — something racing officials wanted to capitalize on by building state-of-the-art tracks out West.
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Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 18 Apr. 2025
What’s continued to set the Fosters apart is their work bucking up evacuees and neighbors.
—James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
But to do that, the Coast Guard needs to buck up, build, and then advocate for an aviation strategy that makes few, if any, compromises.
—Craig Hooper, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
An Amazon search currently shows me options from seven bucks up to a hundred.
—New Atlas, 2 Oct. 2024
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Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 18 Apr. 2025
What’s continued to set the Fosters apart is their work bucking up evacuees and neighbors.
—James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
But to do that, the Coast Guard needs to buck up, build, and then advocate for an aviation strategy that makes few, if any, compromises.
—Craig Hooper, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
An Amazon search currently shows me options from seven bucks up to a hundred.
—New Atlas, 2 Oct. 2024
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“Buck up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/buck%20up. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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