nerve up

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nerve up

verb nerves up · nerving up · nerved up

transitive To make anxious. was that why you hit him with the hammer because you were nerved up?
transitive Synonym of nerve (“to give courage or strength; to supply energy or vigour”). Man’s wrath He will restrain: and this faith is needed in times of persecution, such as the church was passing through, and such as these Hebrew believers must soon experience in all its bitterness. Thus he nerves them up for the dread conflict. What has he to fear who fights the good fight of faith
Similar: nerve
intransitive To get courage or strength. I was still trying to nerve up to tell my dad I wasn’t going to Mass on Sunday anymore.

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@misc{nerve_up_2026,
  title = {nerve up},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nerve%20up},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}