Translations for „pluck up“ in the English » German Dictionary

pluck up VB trans

to pluck up one's [or the] courage [to do sth]

allen Mut zusammennehmen[, um etw zu tun]

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to take [or summon up] [or Brit also pluck up] [the] courage to do sth

seinen Mut zusammennehmen, um etw zu tun

to pluck up one's [or the] courage [to do sth]

allen Mut zusammennehmen[, um etw zu tun]

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Despite telling her boyfriend in 2014, she didn't pluck up the courage to go to the authorities until last summer.

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But you've got to just pluck up the courage to do it; have confidence and not be afraid of what they think.

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It's difficult to pluck up the guts to start a conversation when it's a men's club -- elbow to elbow.

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They asked her manager to tell her, and it took him three weeks to pluck up the courage.

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It took weeks to pluck up the courage to look at the scarring.

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It's equally difficult to pluck up enthusiasm for the disc's meagre selection of bonus features.

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A time to be born and a time to die; a time to plant and a time to pluck up what is planted.

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She leans towards some of his ingredients with her hand outstretch, looking primed to pluck up a treat for a try.

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We could not pluck up the courage to go in.

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After much emotional struggle, he still fails to pluck up his courage.

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