lose one's nerve

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lose one's nerve (third-person singular simple present loses one's nerve, present participle losing one's nerve, simple past and past participle lost one's nerve)

  1. To stop doing or fail to do something because one lacks courage.
    • December 7 2022, Simon Shuster, “2022 Person of the Year: Volodymyr Zelensky”, in Time[1]:
      Zelensky was adaptable, trained not to lose his nerve under pressure.

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