buck up one's ideas in English

Forms: bucks up one's ideas [present, singular, third-person], bucking up one's ideas [participle, present], bucked up one's ideas [participle, past], bucked up one's ideas [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=buck up one's ideas}} buck up one's ideas (third-person singular simple present bucks up one's ideas, present participle bucking up one's ideas, simple past and past participle bucked up one's ideas)

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"buck up one's ideas" meaning in English

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