perk up (someone)

to make someone more active and interested.

It was a clear summer day, and Nancy looked like she was beginning to perk up.

His stay with Aunt Podie soon perked him up.

• a bodice-ripper
• a body blow
• a bolt from the blue
• a bone of contention
• a bone to pick with
• a bone to pick with someone
• a bon mot
• a bon viveur
• a bossy boots
• a bottomless pit
• about ears
• about person
• about someone's ears
• about time
• About time too!
• about to
• about your person
• above all
• above all else
• above and beyond
• above and beyond something
• above and beyond the call of duty
• above suspicion
• above the fray
• above the law