"nerve up" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: nerves up [present, singular, third-person], nerving up [participle, present], nerved up [participle, past], nerved up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} nerve up (third-person singular simple present nerves up, present participle nerving up, simple past and past participle nerved up)
  1. (transitive) To make anxious. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-nerve_up-en-verb-RWQZ8Ywr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up)

Inflected forms

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