pluck up one's courage
English
Alternative forms
- pluck up the courage
- pluck up courage
Verb
pluck up one's courage (third-person singular simple present plucks up one's courage, present participle plucking up one's courage, simple past and past participle plucked up one's courage)
- To muster the bravery and will to do something.
- Synonyms: gather up one's courage, screw up one's courage
Translations
to muster the bravery to do something
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See also
Further reading
- “pluck up the courage”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “pluck up one's courage”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- “pluck up the courage”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “pluck up your courage”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- “pluck up the courage”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “pluck up the courage” (US) / “pluck up the courage” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
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