get enough nerve up
get enough nerve up (to do something)
To muster or draw upon one's courage or resolve to do something. I wanted to ask Mary Sue to the prom, but I couldn't get enough nerve up. I hope Jonathan finally gets enough nerve up to ask his boss for a raise.
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get enough nerve up (to do something)
and get enough courage up (to do something); get enough guts up (to do something); get enough pluck up (to do something); get enough spunk up (to do something); get the nerve up (to do something); get the courage up (to do something); get the guts up (to do something); get the pluck up (to do something); get the spunk up (to do something)Fig. to work up enough courage to do something. I hope I can get enough nerve up to ask her for her autograph. I wanted to do it, but I couldn't get up enough nerve. I thought he would never get up the courage to ask me for a date.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
- get enough nerve up (to do something)
- get the nerve up (to do something)
- get up (one's) nerve (to do something)
- get enough guts up (to do something)
- get enough pluck up (to do something)
- get enough spunk up (to do something)
- spunk
- get the guts up (to do something)
- get enough courage up
- get enough courage up (to do something)