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gather up one's courage

gather up one's courage verb: synonym of pluck up one's courage.

Verb

gather up one's courage (third-person singular simple present gathers up one's courage, present participle gathering up one's courage, simple past and past participle gathered up one's courage)

  1. Synonym of pluck up one's courage.

Synonyms of gather up one's courage

Forms of gather up one's courage

third-person singular presentgathers up one's courage
present participlegathering up one's courage
past participlegathered up one's courage
pastgathered up one's courage

Questions about gather up one's courage

What does gather up one's courage mean?
Gather up one's courage means synonym of pluck up one's courage.
What part of speech is gather up one's courage?
Gather up one's courage is a verb.
What is the past tense of gather up one's courage?
The past tense of gather up one's courage is gathered up one's courage.

Words near gather up one's courage in the dictionary

  1. gather rosebuds
  2. gather speed
  3. gather steam
  4. gather strength
  5. gather up
  6. gather up one's courage
  7. gather way
  8. gather wool
  9. gather'd
  10. gatherable
  11. Gathercole

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