I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
gave...pep talk
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Alam gave the Pakistani team a pep talk .
pep pill
pep rally
pep squad
pep talk
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Alam gave the Pakistani team a pep talk .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Lower interest rates designed to pep up the corporate sector threaten to add more fuel to the consumer boom.
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This was the most encouragement the boy got there, and it proved not enough to pep up his dismal sales figures.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
rally
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The metro editor sent me to cover a soccer team pep rally at Columbia University.
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This sentiment operates daily, not just at an occasional pep rally or assembly.
talk
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I wondered what they said in there, what pep talks were handed out.
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A pep talk was all it took.
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Rubin himself appeared on stage for a pep talk , a short and stocky 40ish fellow in business blues.
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Since I am not a person whose anxiety diminishes at the prospect of certain failure, I gave myself a pep talk .
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In Harrogate I was to meet my editor for a pep talk .
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This is not just a smarmy pep talk but an unflinching discussion of real angst and a real adjustment process.
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If ever there was a time for a spirited pep talk , this is it.
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His pep talk had obviously worked the night before.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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His exercise routine keeps him full of pep .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A pep talk was all it took.
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I wondered what they said in there, what pep talks were handed out.
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In Harrogate I was to meet my editor for a pep talk.
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Rubin himself appeared on stage for a pep talk, a short and stocky 40ish fellow in business blues.
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Since I am not a person whose anxiety diminishes at the prospect of certain failure, I gave myself a pep talk.
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The metro editor sent me to cover a soccer team pep rally at Columbia University.
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This is not just a smarmy pep talk but an unflinching discussion of real angst and a real adjustment process.