Cheer up
Cheer up verb - To become glad or hopeful.
Help
Help verb - To provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end.
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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Rather than hurting people, it's used mostly to help people cheer up when they're depressed.
Source: Shock and Awe -
In order to help Danny cheer up over Sam being out of town, Tucker took him to an all-you-can-eat buffet.
Source: Drowning My Sorrows -
Flies Equals Evil: Averted with the titular fireflies that accomplish to cheer up the two siblings and help to illuminate the bomb shelter.
Source: Anime / Grave of the Fireflies
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