"lift someone's spirits" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-lift someone's spirits.ogg [Australia] Forms: lifting someone's spirits [present, singular, third-person], lifts someone's spirits [participle, present], lifted someone's spirits [participle, past], lifted someone's spirits [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|lift<lifting,lifts> someone's spirits}} lift someone's spirits (third-person singular simple present lifting someone's spirits, present participle lifts someone's spirits, simple past and past participle lifted someone's spirits)
  1. (idiomatic) to cause someone to be cheerful or euphoric. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: elevate Translations (Translations): nostattaa mielialaa (Finnish), innostaa (Finnish), piristää (Finnish), remonter le moral (French), podnosić na duchu [imperfective] (Polish), podnieść na duchu [perfective] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-lift_someone's_spirits-en-verb-RICzwEsI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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