Idiom
buck up one's ideas
Meaning
to pull one's socks up
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“You need to buck up your ideas if you want to pass.”
“The manager told the team they must buck up their ideas or risk losing their contracts.”
“After a series of disappointing performances, the coach warned the players that they had to buck up their ideas or face being cut from the squad.”
Examples
simple
“You need to buck up your ideas if you want to pass.”
contextual
“The manager told the team they must buck up their ideas or risk losing their contracts.”
complex
“After a series of disappointing performances, the coach warned the players that they had to buck up their ideas or face being cut from the squad.”
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