Meaning

1 senses

  1. To face a situation cheerfully or with confidence.

    You'll have to chin up to get through this.

More definitions
  • raise oneself while hanging from one's hands until one's chin is level with the support bar

Examples

14 sentences

  1. Tom tried to keep his chin up.

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  2. When my husband died, I had a lot of difficulties keeping my chin up.

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  3. How many chin-ups can you do, Tom?

    ruТом, сколько раз ты подтягиваешься? — sharptoothed

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  4. Keep your chin up.

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  5. Keep your chin up, bitch, the May holidays approach!

    Вище голову, курво, скоро травневі свята! — sigavax

    ruВыше голову, сука, скоро майские праздники! — sigavax

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Origin

Ellipsis of keep one's chin up.

Ellipsis of keep one's chin up.

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Forms

chins up, chinning up, chinned up, chinned up
Base formchin up · to chin up
3rd person singularchins up
Present participlechinning up
Past simplechinned up
Past participlechinned up

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theychin up
he, she, itchins up

Past simpleLesson

all personschinned up

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave chinned up
he, she, ithas chinned up

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill chin up

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • raise oneself while hanging from one's hands until one's chin is level with the support bar:chin

Word family

1 related words
Relatedchin-up

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
chimpchimpanzeeA2chinA2chinachinchillaChineseA2
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