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title: "keep your head up · GenZ Decoded"
description: "keep your head up: An encouragement to stay strong through difficulty. Example: \"Keep your head up; things will get better.\" Meaning and usage."
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# keep your head up

Millennial[#lifestyle](https://genzdecoded.com/slang-for/lifestyle/)

**Meaning.** An encouragement to stay strong through difficulty.

See it in a sentence

Keep your head up; things will get better.

## How each generation says it

The closest equivalent for this idea in every generation.

- Gen Z

    [stay up](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/stay-up/)

- Gen Alpha

    No word for this one yet.

- Millennial · this one

    keep your head up

- Gen X

    [hang in there](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/hang-in-there/)

- Boomer

    [keep on truckin](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/keep-on-truckin/)

- Plain English

    encouragement to stay strong through difficulty

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## Related slang

- [jittleyang](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/jittleyang/): Something flashy or eye-catching that grabs your attention.
- [keep on truckin](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/keep-on-truckin/): An encouragement to persevere and keep going.
- [literally me](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/literally-me/): A phrase used when someone strongly identifies with a character, image, or situation.
- [lock in](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/lock-in/): To focus intensely and get fully committed to a task.

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