- muster something up
- muster something up†to call up some quality, such as courage. •
Do you think you can muster enough courage up to do the job?
•Can you muster up enough strength to do the job?
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
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muster — [[t]mʌ̱stə(r)[/t]] musters, mustering, mustered 1) VERB If you muster something such as support, strength, or energy, you gather as much of it as you can in order to do something. [V n] He travelled around West Africa trying to muster support for … English dictionary
Muster — Mus ter, n. [OE. moustre, OF. mostre, moustre, F. montre, LL. monstra. See {Muster}, v. t.] 1. Something shown for imitation; a pattern. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. A show; a display. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. [1913 Webster] 3. An assembling or review… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Muster book — Muster Mus ter, n. [OE. moustre, OF. mostre, moustre, F. montre, LL. monstra. See {Muster}, v. t.] 1. Something shown for imitation; a pattern. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. A show; a display. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. [1913 Webster] 3. An assembling or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Muster file — Muster Mus ter, n. [OE. moustre, OF. mostre, moustre, F. montre, LL. monstra. See {Muster}, v. t.] 1. Something shown for imitation; a pattern. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. A show; a display. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. [1913 Webster] 3. An assembling or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Muster master — Muster Mus ter, n. [OE. moustre, OF. mostre, moustre, F. montre, LL. monstra. See {Muster}, v. t.] 1. Something shown for imitation; a pattern. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. A show; a display. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. [1913 Webster] 3. An assembling or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Muster roll — Muster Mus ter, n. [OE. moustre, OF. mostre, moustre, F. montre, LL. monstra. See {Muster}, v. t.] 1. Something shown for imitation; a pattern. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. A show; a display. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. [1913 Webster] 3. An assembling or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
muster — mus|ter1 [ˈmʌstə US ər] v [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: monstrer, from Latin monstrare to show ] 1.) [T] also muster up sth to get enough courage, confidence, support etc to do something, especially with difficulty = ↑summon (up) muster … Dictionary of contemporary English
muster — 1 verb 1 muster (up) courage/support/energy etc to try to find as much courage, support etc as you can in order to do something difficult: Finally I mustered up the courage to ask her out. | Senator Newbolt has been trying to muster support for… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
muster up — verb gather or bring together muster the courage to do something she rallied her intellect Summon all your courage • Syn: ↑muster, ↑rally, ↑summon, ↑come up • Derivation … Useful english dictionary
muster — [ˈmʌstə] verb [T] to try to make yourself feel something as strongly as possible The job would need all the energy I could muster.[/ex] … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
To pass muster — Muster Mus ter, n. [OE. moustre, OF. mostre, moustre, F. montre, LL. monstra. See {Muster}, v. t.] 1. Something shown for imitation; a pattern. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. A show; a display. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. [1913 Webster] 3. An assembling or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
