Meanings
verbchin up (third-person singular simple present chins up, present participle chinning up, simple past and past participle chinned up)
present singular third person chins up · participle present chinning up · participle past chinned up · past chinned up
- intransitiveTo face a situation cheerfully or with confidence.
You'll have to chin up to get through this.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbraise oneself while hanging from one's hands until one's chin is level with the support bar
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Origin
Translations
Finnish leuka pystyyn
- leuka pystyyncheer up
French haut les cœurs, courage
- haut les cœurscheer up
- couragecheer up
German Kopf hoch
- Kopf hochcheer up
Hungarian fel a fejjel
- fel a fejjelcheer up
Latvian nenokar degunu, galvu augšā
- nenokar degunucheer up
- galvu augšācheer up
Persian خوشحال باش
- خوشحال باشcheer up
Polish głowa do góry
- głowa do górycheer up
Russian вы́ше нос
- вы́ше нос (výše nos)cheer up
Swedish upp med hakan
- upp med hakancheer up
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APA
chin up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chin%20up
MLA
“chin up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chin%20up. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chin up,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chin%20up.
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