pluck up your courage
(also pluck up (the) courage to do sth)Definition
C2 to force yourself to be brave enough to do something, although you are frightened or worried about it: He finally plucked up courage to ask her to marry him. I'd love to do a parachute jump, but I can't pluck up the/enough courage.Brave and courageous
(Definition of pluck up your courage from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- adventurous adjective
- audacious adjective
- ballsy adjective
- be man enough to do sth idiom
- bite the bullet idiom
- fearless adjective
- gallant adjective (BRAVE)
- get your courage up idiom
- grasp the nettle idiom
- gritty adjective (BRAVE)
- gutsy adjective
- knightly adjective
- manfully adverb
- muster sth up phrasal verb
- nerve verb
- plucky adjective
- screw up your courage idiom
- spunky adjective (BRAVE)
- valiant adjective
- venturesome adjective
Topic:
Brave and courageous
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