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holds one's nerve

holds one's nerve is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hold one's nerve.

Meaning of hold one's nerve

Verb

hold one's nerve (third-person singular simple present holds one's nerve, present participle holding one's nerve, simple past and past participle held one's nerve)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To stay calm facing nervousness.
    • She held her nerve after failing to serve out the match at the first attempt, seeing three match points slip by in a nervous service game at 6-4 5-4 and recovering from losing the tie-break to dominate the decider.2011 June 28, Piers Newbery, “Wimbledon 2011: Sabine Lisicki beats Marion Bartoli”, in BBC Sport

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What is holds one's nerve the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Holds one's nerve is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hold one's nerve.

Words near holds one's nerve in the dictionary

  1. holds one's fire
  2. holds one's head high
  3. holds one's horses
  4. holds one's jaw
  5. holds one's liquor
  6. holds one's nerve
  7. holds one's nose
  8. holds one's nose up
  9. holds one's own
  10. holds one's peace
  11. holds one's pee

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