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keeps one's nerve

keeps one's nerve is the third-person singular simple present indicative of keep one's nerve.

Meaning of keep one's nerve

Verb

keep one's nerve (third-person singular simple present keeps one's nerve, present participle keeping one's nerve, simple past and past participle kept one's nerve)

  1. To keep one's cool
    • There in crisp fifty-pound notes was the answer to so many of his and his father’s problems. When he thought no one was looking, Frank moved his left foot slowly forward to cover it. If he kept his nerve, he could craftily slide it out of the room.2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN

Questions about keeps one's nerve

What is keeps one's nerve the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Keeps one's nerve is the third-person singular simple present indicative of keep one's nerve.

Words near keeps one's nerve in the dictionary

  1. keeps one's head on a swivel
  2. keeps one's head upon one's shoulders
  3. keeps one's knickers on
  4. keeps one's lips sealed
  5. keeps one's mouth shut
  6. keeps one's nerve
  7. keeps one's nose clean
  8. keeps one's options open
  9. keeps one's own counsel
  10. keeps one's pants on
  11. keeps one's pecker up

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