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plucking up one's courage

plucking up one's courage is the present participle and gerund 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 plucking up one's courage

What is plucking up one's courage the present participle and gerund of?
Plucking up one's courage is the present participle and gerund of pluck up one's courage.

Words near plucking up one's courage in the dictionary

  1. plucking
  2. plucking out
  3. plucking post
  4. plucking posts
  5. plucking up
  6. plucking up one's courage
  7. pluckings
  8. pluckless
  9. plucklessness
  10. Pluckley
  11. Pluckrose

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