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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? How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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. 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. Yet he was neither very much worse nor much better than most of the half-dozen miserable victims I could muster up on deck. |
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