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Verb: jolly along
Usage: informal
  1. Cause (somebody) to feel happier or more cheerful
    "The nurse jollied along the nervous patient before the procedure";
    - cheer, cheer up, jolly up [informal], buck up [informal], jolly [informal]

Derived forms: jollying along, jollies along, jollied along

Type of: encourage