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Definition of lighten up
lighten up 
verb
- to not take something seriously.
Lighten up, man. It was just a joke.
Citation from "Peter, Peter, Caviar Eater", Family Guy (TV), Season 2 Episode 1 (1999) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.
Citation from "Chapter 4", Eastbound & Down (TV), Season 1 Episode 4 (2009) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: to hang out, relax.
Last edited on Nov 24 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 09 2009.
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Other terms relating to 'to hang out, relax': | |
| Definitions include: to recline, as in a reclining chair. | |
| Definitions include: to relax; "chill"; "take it easy". | |
| Definitions include: to relax. | |
| Definitions include: to chill and relax; "hang out". | |
| Definitions include: to pretend, to feign. | |
| Definitions include: to calm down. | |
| Definitions include: to stop being angry. | |
| Definitions include: to be standing or sitting somewhere. | |
| Definitions include: to relax, usually with other friends; "chill". | |
| Definitions include: to relax and recuperate. | |
| Definitions include: to relax. | |
| Definitions include: to relax. | |
| Definitions include: to hang out somewhere. | |
| Definitions include: alternate spelling of chillax, i.e. "chill" + "relax". | |
| Definitions include: to sit around waiting for something to happen. | |
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Other terms relating to 'up': | |
| Definitions include: a secret advantage. | |
| Definitions include: to misbehave. | |
| Definitions include: acronym of "all fucked up." | |
| Definitions include: well dressed, wearing makeup, etc. | |
| Definitions include: doing something emphatically. | |
| Definitions include: energetic due to consumption of a stimulant. | |
| Definitions include: to increase. | |
| Definitions include: to contribute one's share. | |
| Definitions include: to mess up. | |
| Definitions include: to make something like ass. | |
| Definitions include: strange, stupid; "weird". | |
| Definitions include: strange / stupid. | |
| Definitions include: a situation that could end in multiple outcomes, each of which is equally likely. | |
| Definitions include: to move away from. | |
| Definitions include: to call someone to halt, particularly when the intention is to rob. | |
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