lighten up
English
Pronunciation
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Verb
lighten up (third-person singular simple present lightens up, present participle lightening up, simple past and past participle lightened up)
- (idiomatic) To become less serious and more cheerful or casual; to relax.
- 2008, Adele, First Love
- you lighten up my heart when I start to cry
- I wish he'd lighten up a bit and realize that we were only joking.
- 2008, Adele, First Love
Translations
to become less serious
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