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loses one's nerve

loses one's nerve is the third-person singular simple present indicative of lose one's nerve.

Meaning of lose one's nerve

Verb

lose one's nerve (third-person singular simple present loses one's nerve, present participle losing one's nerve, simple past and past participle lost one's nerve)

  1. To stop doing or fail to do something because one lacks courage.
    • Zelensky was adaptable, trained not to lose his nerve under pressure.December 7 2022, Simon Shuster, “2022 Person of the Year: Volodymyr Zelensky”, in Time, archived from the original on 04 Jan 2023

Questions about loses one's nerve

What is loses one's nerve the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Loses one's nerve is the third-person singular simple present indicative of lose one's nerve.

Words near loses one's nerve in the dictionary

  1. loses one's head
  2. loses one's heart
  3. loses one's life
  4. loses one's marbles
  5. loses one's mind
  6. loses one's nerve
  7. loses one's rag
  8. loses one's shirt
  9. loses one's shit
  10. loses one's temper
  11. loses one's tongue

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