cheer up
BothSense-dependent: some meanings take an object and split, others take none. Check the sense you mean.
How to say it
Stress the particle, not the verb: cheer UP. Saying “CHEER up” is the clearest learner tell — the verb stays light and the particle carries the beat.
Link the R across. American English is rhotic, so the /r/ at the end of “cheer” is a real consonant — it moves onto the particle and starts its syllable: “cheer up” is said “chee-rup”. No /j/ or /w/ glide here; the R does that job itself.
What it means
To become happier, or to make someone happier.
- “Cheer up — it's not as bad as it looks.”
- “I brought flowers to cheer her up.”
Similar: lift someone's spirits