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    nerve
    [nərv]
    noun
    nerve (noun) · nerves (plural noun) · one's nerve (noun) · one's nerves (plural noun)
    1. (in the body) a whitish fiber or bundle of fibers that transmits impulses of sensation to the brain or spinal cord, and impulses from these to the muscles and organs:
      "the optic nerve"
    2. (one's nerve)
      a person's steadiness, courage, and sense of purpose when facing a demanding situation:
      "an amazing journey that tested her nerves to the full" · "the army's commanders were beginning to lose their nerve" · "I got up the nerve to ask Miss Kinnian to have dinner with me"
      • informal
        impudence or audacity:
        "he had the nerve to insult my cooking" · "you've got a nerve coming here"
    3. (nerves)
      nervousness or anxiety:
      "his first-night nerves soon disappeared"
    4. botany
      a prominent unbranched rib in a leaf, especially in the midrib of the leaf of a moss.
    verb
    (nerve oneself)
    nerve (verb) · nerves (third person present) · nerved (past tense) · nerved (past participle) · nerving (present participle)
    1. brace oneself mentally to face a demanding situation:
      "she nerved herself to enter the room"
    Origin
    late Middle English (also in the sense ‘tendon, sinew’): from Latin nervus; related to Greek neuron ‘nerve’ (see neuron).
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    noun
    1. (in the body) a whitish fiber or bundle of fibers that transmits impulses of sensation to the brain or spinal cord, and impulses from these to the muscles and organs:
    2. a person's steadiness, courage, and sense of purpose when facing a demanding situation:
    3. nervousness or anxiety:
    verb
    1. brace oneself mentally to face a demanding situation:
      brace oneself
      steel oneself
      summon/gather/screw up/muster one's courage
      screw one's courage to the sticking place
      gear oneself up
      prepare oneself
      get in the right frame of mind
      fortify oneself
      bolster oneself
      psych oneself up
      gird (up) one's loins
      Opposite:
      lose one's nerve
     
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