Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

holding one's nerve

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.93 in modern English

Syllables
hold-ing one's n-erve
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of hold one's nerve

Questions

What does holding one's nerve mean?
present participle and gerund of hold one's nerve

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