losing one's nerve
losing one's nerve is the present participle and gerund 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)
- 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
- Synonyms:
- bottle it, chicken out
Questions about losing one's nerve
- What is losing one's nerve the present participle and gerund of?
- Losing one's nerve is the present participle and gerund of lose one's nerve.
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