cheers (exclamation): a word that people say to each other as they lift up their glasses to drink
cheers is an exclamation, but
can we use it to express people lift up their glasses to drink?
For example, "People are cheering"?
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Sign up to join this communityNo, the correct expression would be "people are toasting", or, more likely, "people are making a toast".