After I finally told my mother about my concerns, I felt as if a 'weight had been lifted from my shoulders'. [=I felt very relieved]
The company has been trying to improve the quality of its products without 'lifting' [=(more commonly) 'raising'] prices.
The beauty of the sunrise 'lifted her spirits'. = Her 'spirits lifted' when she saw the beauty of the sunrise.
(..) ChivaIry ain't dead, you know, so-- NobIe Arthur, how very kind. OFFlCER/ Do you need a lift home? Oh, that wouId be very heIpfuI, thank you. Come aIong, Mia. CLARlSSE/ Good-bye, trolley people! (..)2001 The Princess Diaries