hold one's nerve en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic, intransitive) 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.
2011 June 28, Piers Newbery, “Wimbledon 2011: Sabine Lisicki beats Marion Bartoli”, in BBC Sport:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| holding one's nerve | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| held one's nerve | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| held one's nerve | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| holds one's nerve | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |