Home & living
cheer the place up
make a place feel happier
To make a room or other place feel brighter, more cheerful, or more pleasant.
Hear it in real life
This room feels a bit dull.
We could add some plants to cheer the place up.
A few colourful cushions would really cheer the place up.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: Some flowers would really cheer up it.
Say: Some flowers would really cheer it up.
With a pronoun object, put the particle after the pronoun: cheer it up.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
cheer the place up; cheer up the place
Your turn: say it out loud
A few colourful cushions would really cheer the place up.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
cheer the place up
make a place feel happier
“A few colourful cushions would really cheer the place up.”
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