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pluck up one's courage

pluck up one's courage verb: to muster the bravery and will to do something.

Verb

pluck up one's courage (third-person singular simple present plucks up one's courage, present participle plucking up one's courage, simple past and past participle plucked up one's courage)

  1. To muster the bravery and will to do something.

Synonyms of pluck up one's courage

Forms of pluck up one's courage

third-person singular presentplucks up one's courage
present participleplucking up one's courage
past participleplucked up one's courage
pastplucked up one's courage
alternative formpluck up the courage
alternative formpluck up courage

Questions about pluck up one's courage

What does pluck up one's courage mean?
Pluck up one's courage means to muster the bravery and will to do something.
What part of speech is pluck up one's courage?
Pluck up one's courage is a verb.
What is the past tense of pluck up one's courage?
The past tense of pluck up one's courage is plucked up one's courage.

Words near pluck up one's courage in the dictionary

  1. Plucinski
  2. Plucinskis
  3. pluck
  4. pluck out
  5. pluck up
  6. pluck up one's courage
  7. pluck'd
  8. pluck-buffet
  9. pluckable
  10. pluckage
  11. plucked

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