Usually means: Improve mood or increase energy.
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  1. perk up: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. perk up: Merriam-Webster
  3. perk up: Collins English Dictionary
  4. perk up: Vocabulary.com
  5. perk (sb) up, perk up: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. perk up: Wiktionary
  7. perk up: Dictionary.com
  8. Perk Up: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. perk up: Rhymezone
  10. perk up: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. perk up: FreeDictionary.org
  12. perk up: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. perk up: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. perk up: Encyclopedia

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  1. perk up: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. perk up: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Definitions from Wiktionary (perk up)

verb:  (intransitive) To become more upright
verb:  (intransitive) to become more lively or enthusiastic.
verb:  (transitive) To cause to be more upright, straighten up.
verb:  (transitive) to cause to be more lively or enthusiastic.
verb:  (intransitive, obsolete) To exalt oneself, take on a higher status or position.

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