Meaning of nerve up | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To make anxious.
   transitive
2. Synonym of nerve (“to give courage or strength; to supply energy or vigour”).
   transitive
3. To get courage or strength.
   intransitive

Examples

“was that why you hit him with the hammer⟳ because you were nerved up?”

“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 under the banner of his glorious Captain?”

“Their influence⟳ goes far to nerve up the men to a constant fighting pitch, and no officer is tolerated away from his command unless sick or wounded.”

“To stand⟳ up in front of the large crowd and the TV cameras and ask⟳ his question⟳ had required some nerving up. Afterward, he said he felt as if he were on top of the world.”

“I was still trying to nerve up to tell⟳ my dad I wasn’t going to Mass on Sunday anymore.”

“Like⟳ the flyways of rattled birds, America’s concourses were constantly crisscrossed with Baby Boomers trying to nerve up for the waiting bedside consultation, the nursing home decision, the choosing of a casket.”

“He looked at her face⟳. It was grim and set⟳, a person nerving up for the last⟳ of a grueling hike.”

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