hold one's nerve
hold one's nerve · holds one's nerve · held one's nerve · holding one's nerve
To stay calm facing nervousnessTo stay calm facing nervousness.
Meaning
1 senses(idiomatic)To stay calm facing nervousness.
Forms
holds one's nerve, holding one's nerve, held one's nerve, held one's nerve| Base form | hold one's nerve · to hold one's nerve |
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| 3rd person singular | holds one's nerve |
| Present participle | holding one's nerve |
| Past simple | held one's nerve |
| Past participle | held one's nerve |
irregular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.