muster up

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muster something up

to call up some quality, such as courage. Do you think you can muster enough courage up to do the job? Can you muster up enough strength to do the job?

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Happy was the trapper who could muster up a red blanket, a string of gay beads, or a paper of precious vermilion, with which to win the smiles of a Shoshonie fair one. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West by Irving, Washington View in context For the life of me I could not muster up the courage to address any of these reputable burghers; I thought shame even to speak with them in such a pickle of rags and dirt; and if I had asked for the house of such a man as Mr. Kidnapped by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context Yet he was neither very much worse nor much better than most of the half-dozen miserable victims I could muster up on deck. The Shadow Line by Conrad, Joseph View in context			Mum's the word mumbo jumbo munch out mung up murder murder on Murder will out murmur murmur against murmur at Murphy's law muscle muscle in muscle in on muscle out of muse over mushroom into music music to ears musical muss up must mustard muster muster out of muster up mutiny against mutter mutter about mutton dressed as lamb My arse! My cup runneth over my foot My foot! my gut tells me My house is your house My lips are sealed My pleasure myself mystery nag at nail nail back nail colours to the mast nail down nail ears back nail in coffin nail in the coffin of nail into nail onto nail to a cross			Mustelus Mustelus antarcticus Mustelus canis Mustelus mustelus Mustelus norrisi muster muster muster muster muster muster Muster (military) Muster (military) Muster book muster books muster call Muster file muster in muster in muster in muster in Muster master muster out muster out muster out muster out muster out of muster roll muster roll muster rolls muster up Muster-roll mustered mustered mustered mustered mustered mustered out mustered out mustered out mustered out Mustered Out With Battery mustering mustering mustering mustering mustering mustering out mustering out mustering out mustering out musters musters musters musters musters musters out musters out musters out musters out MUSTFA

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