Upsy-daisy
interjection
1.
(used, as for reassurance, at the moment of lifting a baby up.)
interjection
1.
an expression, usually of reassurance, uttered as when someone, esp a child, stumbles or is being lifted up
interjection
an exclamation of surprise or reassurance upon falling or someone else’s falling; also called ups-a-daisy , upsadaisy
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