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plucked up one's courage

plucked up one's courage is the simple past and past participle of pluck up one's courage.

Meaning of pluck up one's courage

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.

Questions about plucked up one's courage

What is plucked up one's courage the simple past and past participle of?
Plucked up one's courage is the simple past and past participle of pluck up one's courage.

Words near plucked up one's courage in the dictionary

  1. pluckable
  2. pluckage
  3. plucked
  4. plucked out
  5. plucked up
  6. plucked up one's courage
  7. pluckedness
  8. pluckee
  9. pluckees
  10. plucker
  11. pluckers

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