Idiom
hold one's nerve
Meaning
To stay calm facing nervousness.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“You must hold your nerve during the difficult test.”
“The climber had to hold her nerve while she crossed the narrow bridge over the canyon.”
“Despite the mounting pressure from the board of directors, the chief executive managed to hold his nerve and stick to the original long-term strategy.”
Examples
simple
“You must hold your nerve during the difficult test.”
contextual
“The climber had to hold her nerve while she crossed the narrow bridge over the canyon.”
complex
“Despite the mounting pressure from the board of directors, the chief executive managed to hold his nerve and stick to the original long-term strategy.”
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