"cocker up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: cockers up [present, singular, third-person], cockering up [participle, present], cockered up [participle, past], cockered up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} cocker up (third-person singular simple present cockers up, present participle cockering up, simple past and past participle cockered up)
  1. To indulge (someone); to bolster, encourage (a person, feeling etc.).
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