lose one's nerve
English
Verb
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)
- 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:
- Zelensky was adaptable, trained not to lose his nerve under pressure.
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Synonyms
- bottle it
- chicken out
Antonyms
- hold one's nerve
References
- “lose your nerve” (US) / “lose your nerve” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
- “lose one's nerve”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
- “lose ones nerve”, in Collins English Dictionary.