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- lot of nerve
lot of nerve
*lot of nerve
1. Fig. great rudeness; a lot of audacity or brashness. (*Typically: have ~; take ~.) He walked out on her, and that took a lot of nerve! You have a lot of nerve! You took my parking place!
2. Fig. courage. (*Typically: have ~; take ~.) He climbed the mountain with a bruised foot. That took a lot of nerve. He has a lot of nerve to go into business for himself.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Sigfrido | | seeg-FREE-do (Italian), seeg-FREE-dho (Spanish) | Italian, Spanish |
Abe | | [eib] | |
Alger | | ['ældʒə] | |
Maj | | - | Slovene |
CÍNtia | | - | Portuguese |
Filipp | | fee-LEEP | Russian |