"chin up" meaning in English

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Phrase

Etymology: Ellipsis of keep one's chin up. Etymology templates: {{m|en|keep one's chin up}} keep one's chin up Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} chin up
  1. (colloquial) Be happy; cheer up. Tags: colloquial Translations (cheer up): leuka pystyyn (Finnish), haut les cœurs (French), courage (French), Kopf hoch (German), fel a fejjel (Hungarian), nenokar degunu (Latvian), galvu augšā (Latvian), خوشحال باش (Persian), głowa do góry (Polish), вы́ше нос (výše nos) (Russian), upp med hakan (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-chin_up-en-phrase-btNigS3Q

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          "sense": "cheer up",
          "word": "nenokar degunu"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "cheer up",
      "word": "leuka pystyyn"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "cheer up",
      "word": "haut les cœurs"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "cheer up",
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "cheer up",
      "word": "Kopf hoch"
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      "sense": "cheer up",
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