Meanings
present singular third person loses one's nerve · participle present losing one's nerve · participle past lost one's nerve · past lost one's nerve
- To stop doing or fail to do something because one lacks courage.
Zelensky was adaptable, trained not to lose his nerve under pressure.
December 7 2022, Simon Shuster, “2022 Person of the Year: Volodymyr Zelensky”, in Time, archived from the original on 04 Jan 2023Synonyms: bottle it, chicken out
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo stop doing or fail to do something because one lacks courage.
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lose one's nerve. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lose%20one's%20nerve
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