Emotions & feelings
lift someone up
make someone feel better
To make someone feel happier, more hopeful, or more confident.
Hear it in real life
You seem much happier today.
My friends lifted me up when I was feeling low.
A quick call from my sister really lifted me up after a stressful day.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: Her words lifted me up my mood.
Say: Her words lifted my mood.
Use “lift someone up” or “lift someone’s mood”; don’t combine both patterns.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
lift someone up; lifted me up; something lifts someone up
Your turn: say it out loud
A quick call from my sister really lifted me up after a stressful day.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
lift someone up
make someone feel better
“A quick call from my sister really lifted me up after a stressful day.”
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