nerve up (English, verb)
expansion: nerve up (third-person singular simple present nerves up, present participle nerving up, simple past and past participle nerved up)
Senses:
glosses: To make anxious.
tags: transitive
glosses: Synonym of nerve (“to give courage or strength; to supply energy or vigour”).
tags: transitive
glosses: To get courage or strength.
tags: intransitive
Forms:
form: nerves up
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: nerving up
tags: participle
present
form: nerved up
tags: participle
past
form: nerved up
tags: past