clutch up

clutch (up)

in. to become very tense and anxious; to freeze with anxiety. I have been known to clutch up before a race.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Walganus	-	Arthurian Romance
Felip	-	Catalan
Morta	-	Lithuanian
Marisa	mah-REE-zah (Italian), mah-REE-sah (Spanish), mə-RIS-ə (English)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English
Diane	[dai'æn]
Appleseed	['æplisi:d]