lose nerve

lose your nerve

to fear doing something Jim lost his nerve and wouldn't try to ski down the hill.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Gang	-	Chinese
Altansarnai	-	Mongolian
Ben (1)	BEN	English, German, Dutch
Norbert	NAWR-bert (German, Polish), NAWR-bərt (English, Dutch)	German, English, Dutch, French, Hungarian, Polish, Ancient Germanic
Alexandru	-	Romanian
Hinrik	-	Icelandic