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hold one's nerve

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

To stay calm facing nervousness.

idiomatic, intransitive

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

hold one's nose hold one's nose up hold one's own hold one's peace hold one's pee hold one's piss

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