get enough courage up (to do something)

get enough courage up (to do something)
get enough nerve up(to do something) & get enough courage up(to do something) & get enough guts up(to do something) & get enough pluck up(to do something) & get enough spunk up(to do something) & get the nerve up(to do something) & get the courage up(to do something) & get the guts up(todo something) & get the pluck up(to do something) & get the spunk up(to do something)
Fig. to work up enough courage to do something. •

I hope I can get enough nerve up to ask her for her autograph.

I wanted to do it, but I couldn't get up enough nerve.

I thought he would never get up the courage to ask me for a date.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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