"chin up" meaning in English

See chin up in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

Etymology: Ellipsis of 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 Categories (other): Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Persian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Latvian translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 50 50

Verb

Forms: chins up [present, singular, third-person], chinning up [participle, present], chinned up [participle, past], chinned up [past]
Etymology: Ellipsis of keep one's chin up. Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} chin up (third-person singular simple present chins up, present participle chinning up, simple past and past participle chinned up)
  1. (intransitive) To face a situation cheerfully or with confidence. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-chin_up-en-verb-ueFIMQO9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 73 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 40 60 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 26 74 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 40 60 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Latvian translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 40 60

Inflected forms

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