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screw up one's courage

screw up one's courage verb: synonym of pluck up one's courage.

Verb

screw up one's courage (third-person singular simple present screws up one's courage, present participle screwing up one's courage, simple past and past participle screwed up one's courage)

  1. Synonym of pluck up one's courage.

Synonyms of screw up one's courage

Forms of screw up one's courage

third-person singular presentscrews up one's courage
present participlescrewing up one's courage
past participlescrewed up one's courage
pastscrewed up one's courage
alternative formscrew up the courage

Questions about screw up one's courage

What does screw up one's courage mean?
Screw up one's courage means synonym of pluck up one's courage.
What part of speech is screw up one's courage?
Screw up one's courage is a verb.
What is the past tense of screw up one's courage?
The past tense of screw up one's courage is screwed up one's courage.

Words near screw up one's courage in the dictionary

  1. screw thread
  2. screw threads
  3. screw top
  4. screw tops
  5. screw up
  6. screw up one's courage
  7. screw valve
  8. screw valves
  9. screw ventilator
  10. screw ventilators
  11. screw with

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