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screw up one's courage

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.84 in modern English

Syllables
screw up one's -courage
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Synonym of pluck up one's courage.

Inflected Forms

screws up one's courage (present, singular) screwing up one's courage (participle, present) screwed up one's courage (participle, past) screwed up one's courage (past) screw up the courage (alternative)

Synonyms

pluck up one's courage

Questions

What does screw up one's courage mean?
Synonym of pluck up one's courage.

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