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lost one's nerve

lost one's nerve is the simple past and past participle 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 lost one's nerve

What is lost one's nerve the simple past and past participle of?
Lost one's nerve is the simple past and past participle of lose one's nerve.

Words near lost one's nerve in the dictionary

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

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