lose one's nerve en · VERB
Meanings
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To stop doing or fail to do something because one lacks courage.
Zelensky was adaptable, trained not to lose his nerve under pressure.
December 7 2022, Simon Shuster, “2022 Person of the Year: Volodymyr Zelensky”, in Time, archived from the original on 04 Jan 2023:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| losing one's nerve | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| loses one's nerve | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| lost one's nerve | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| lost one's nerve | Tense=Past | lexicographic |