"lose one's nerve" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: loses one's nerve [present, singular, third-person], losing one's nerve [participle, present], lost one's nerve [participle, past], lost one's nerve [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|lose<,,lost> one's nerve}} lose one's nerve (third-person singular simple present loses one's nerve, present participle losing one's nerve, simple past and past participle lost one's nerve)
  1. To stop doing or fail to do something because one lacks courage. Synonyms: bottle it, chicken out
    Sense id: en-lose_one's_nerve-en-verb-MCYvsouu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "ref": "December 7 2022, Simon Shuster, “2022 Person of the Year: Volodymyr Zelensky”, in Time",
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