Emotions & feelings
an instant lift
an immediate improvement in mood
An instant lift is a quick improvement in your mood or energy.
Hear it in real life
Why are you smiling?
I got a message from my daughter, and it gave me an instant lift.
A hot shower gives me an instant lift when I get home exhausted.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: That song gives me an instant lift up.
Say: That song gives me an instant lift.
The expression uses “an instant lift” without adding “up.”
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
give someone an instant lift; get an instant lift from something
Your turn: say it out loud
A hot shower gives me an instant lift when I get home exhausted.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
an instant lift
an immediate improvement in mood
“A hot shower gives me an instant lift when I get home exhausted.”
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