take one's courage in both hands (English, verb)
expansion: take one's courage in both hands (third-person singular simple present takes one's courage in both hands, present participle taking one's courage in both hands, simple past took one's courage in both hands, past participle taken one's courage in both hands)
Senses:
glosses: To summon up one's courage in readiness for a difficult or dangerous action.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: takes one's courage in both hands
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: taking one's courage in both hands
tags: participle
present
form: took one's courage in both hands
tags: past
form: taken one's courage in both hands
tags: participle
past