pluck up one's courage
Summon inner strength
To pluck up one's courage is to summon bravery or resolve before doing something difficult or frightening.
The phrase suggests gathering scattered nerve, as if courage were something that had to be retrieved: She plucked up her courage and asked for a raise.
Often appears as pluck up the courage to.
- confrontFace squarely, address directly
- braveryBoldness before danger
- fearEmotional response to threat
- willpowerMental strength resisting impulse
- resolveFirmness of purpose
venture · overcome · bite the bullet · assert · defy · take the plunge · leap of faith · gird · risk · bold move · fortitude · hesitation · moment of truth · muster · hope · push through · inspiration · self-belief
pluck up one's couragelose one's nerve
Abandon courage under pressure
chicken out · cower · quail · lose heart · get cold feet
pluck up one's couragelose one's nerve
Abandon courage under pressure
chicken out · retreat · surrender · back down · give up
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