hold one's nerve
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hold one's nerve
verb holds one's nerve · holding one's nerve · held one's nerve
- To stay calm facing nervousness. She held her nerve after failing to serve out the match at the first attempt, seeing three match points slip by in a nervous service game at 6-4 5-4 and recovering from losing the tie-break to dominate the decider.
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