get enough nerve up



get enough nerve up (to do something)

 and get enough courage up (to do something); get enough guts up (to do something); get enough pluck up (to do something); get enough spunk up (to do something); get the nerve up (to do something); get the courage up (to do something); get the guts up (to do something); get the pluck up (to do something); get the spunk up (to do something)
Fig. to work up enough courage to do something. I hope I can get enough nerve up to ask her for her autograph. I wanted to do it, but I couldn't get up enough nerve. I thought he would never get up the courage to ask me for a date.
See also: enough, get, nerve, up

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Capucineka-puy-SEENFrench
ÓRlaithOR-laIrish
Jacobson['dʒeikəbsn]
Anastasah-nah-STAHS (Bulgarian)Russian, Bulgarian
AdeleAH-de-lə (German), ə-DEL (English), AH-de-le (Finnish)German, English, Italian, Finnish
NahorNAY-hawr (English)Biblical