English Explanatory Dictionary

lose one's nerve

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To stop doing or fail to do something because one lacks courage.

Word forms

lose one's nerve loses one's nerve losing one's nerve lost one's nerve

Synonyms

bottle it chicken out

Antonyms

hold one's nerve
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