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screws up one's courage

screws up one's courage is the third-person singular simple present indicative of screw up one's courage.

Meaning of screw 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.

Questions about screws up one's courage

What is screws up one's courage the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Screws up one's courage is the third-person singular simple present indicative of screw up one's courage.

Words near screws up one's courage in the dictionary

  1. Screws of the World
  2. screws off
  3. screws over
  4. screws the pooch
  5. screws up
  6. screws up one's courage
  7. screws with
  8. screws, nuts and bolts
  9. screwstem
  10. screwstems
  11. screwstone

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