brisk up
English
Verb
brisk up (third-person singular simple present brisks up, present participle brisking up, simple past and past participle brisked up)
- To enliven or invigorate.
- 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, Sydney: Ure Smith, published 1962, page 63:
- With the setting sun sending long shadows loping ahead of them over the smooth hillocks of the downs, they came up with the lagoon; a contentful return home, with appetite brisked up by a ten-mile walk, and plenty of food to satisfy it.