nerve up
Advanced (C1)informal
To force yourself to be brave enough to do something scary.
"She nerved herself up and walked into the interview room."
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CHUNKZ vs KSI and AboFlah | Match For Hope
Chunkz · 72:49
Can Usiy hold his nerve up against one
CNS Infections | Clinical Medicine
Ninja Nerd · 25:33
It just moves along the olfactory nerve up through the cribopform plate.
CNS Infections | Clinical Medicine
Ninja Nerd · 24:04
and then what it'll do is it'll travel along the olfactory nerve up through