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1 pluck up (the) courage
(to gather up one's courage etc (to do something): She plucked up (the) courage to ask a question.) samle mod* * *(to gather up one's courage etc (to do something): She plucked up (the) courage to ask a question.) samle mod -
2 pluck up (the) courage
(to gather up one's courage etc (to do something): She plucked up (the) courage to ask a question.) samle mod* * *(to gather up one's courage etc (to do something): She plucked up (the) courage to ask a question.) samle mod
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pluck at something — ˈpluck at sth derived to hold sth with the fingers and pull it gently, especially more than once Syn: ↑tug • The child kept plucking at his mother s sleeve. • (figurative) … Useful english dictionary
pluck — pluck1 [plʌk] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(pull something)¦ 2 pluck your eyebrows 3¦(take somebody/something away)¦ 4¦(chicken)¦ 5 pluck up (the) courage (to do something) 6¦(music)¦ 7 pluck something out of the air 7 pluck something out of thin air Phrasal… … Dictionary of contemporary English
pluck — pluck1 [ plʌk ] verb * 1. ) transitive to pull the feathers off the body of a dead bird so that it can be cooked: a plucked chicken a ) MAINLY LITERARY to pull a piece of fruit from a tree, or a flower or leaf from a plant: PICK b ) to pull a… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
pluck at — verb pluck or pull at with the fingers She picked nervously at the buttons of her blouse • Syn: ↑pick at, ↑pull at • Hypernyms: ↑pull • Verb Frames: Somebody s something * * * … Useful english dictionary
pluck at — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms pluck at : present tense I/you/we/they pluck at he/she/it plucks at present participle plucking at past tense plucked at past participle plucked at pluck at something to pull something gently and quickly… … English dictionary
pluck at — PHRASAL VERB If you pluck at something, you take it between your fingers and pull it sharply but gently. [V P n] The boy plucked at Adam s sleeve … English dictionary
Pluck — Pluck, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plucked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Plucking}.] [AS. pluccian; akin to LG. & D. plukken, G. pfl[ u]cken, Icel. plokka, plukka, Dan. plukke, Sw. plocka. ?27.] 1. To pull; to draw. [1913 Webster] Its own nature . . . plucks on… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pluck up courage — ● courage * * * I pluck up (or screw up or take) courage make an effort to do something that frightens one II see courage * * * pluck up (the) courage ◇ If you pluck up (the) courage to do something, you become brave enough to do it … Useful english dictionary
pluck up (the) courage (to do something) — phrase to persuade yourself to do something that frightens you He finally plucked up the courage to speak to her. Thesaurus: to be ready, or to get ready for somethingsynonym Main entry: pluck * * * pluck up (t … Useful english dictionary
pluck something out of the air — pluck (something) out of the air if you pluck a number out of the air, you say any number and not one that is the result of careful calculation. That figure of eighty thousand pounds isn t something we ve just plucked out of the air. We ve done a … New idioms dictionary
pluck something out of the air — pluck something out of/from/the air phrase to say the first number, date, fact etc that you think of without knowing whether it is correct ‘75% of people agree with me,’ I said, plucking a figure out of the air. Thesaurus: to guesssynonym Main en … Useful english dictionary