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"To muster the bravery and will to do something."
],
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"bravery",
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"word": "grow some balls"
}
],
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"word": "gather up one's courage"
},
{
"word": "screw up one's courage"
},
{
"word": "pluck up the courage"
},
{
"word": "pluck up courage"
}
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"translations": [
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to muster the bravery to do something",
"word": "de stoute schoenen aantrekken"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to muster the bravery to do something",
"word": "de moed bijeenrapen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to muster the bravery to do something",
"word": "rohkaistua"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to muster the bravery to do something",
"word": "kerätä rohkeutta"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to muster the bravery to do something",
"word": "prendre son courage à deux mains"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to muster the bravery to do something",
"word": "prendre ses couilles en main"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to muster the bravery to do something",
"word": "farsi coraggio"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to muster the bravery to do something",
"word": "farsi forza"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to muster the bravery to do something",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "zbierać się na odwagę"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to muster the bravery to do something",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zebrać się na odwagę"
}
]
}
],
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"name": "en-verb"
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],
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"related": [
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"word": "grow some balls"
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"To muster the bravery and will to do something."
],
"links": [
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"muster"
],
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"bravery"
],
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"word": "gather up one's courage"
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]
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],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "pluck up the courage"
},
{
"word": "pluck up courage"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to muster the bravery to do something",
"word": "de stoute schoenen aantrekken"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to muster the bravery to do something",
"word": "de moed bijeenrapen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to muster the bravery to do something",
"word": "rohkaistua"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to muster the bravery to do something",
"word": "kerätä rohkeutta"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to muster the bravery to do something",
"word": "prendre son courage à deux mains"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to muster the bravery to do something",
"word": "prendre ses couilles en main"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to muster the bravery to do something",
"word": "farsi coraggio"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to muster the bravery to do something",
"word": "farsi forza"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to muster the bravery to do something",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "zbierać się na odwagę"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to muster the bravery to do something",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zebrać się na odwagę"
}
],
"word": "pluck up one's courage"
}
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