nerve up

English

Verb

nerve up (third-person singular simple present nerves up, present participle nerving up, simple past and past participle nerved up)

  1. (transitive) To make anxious.
    • 1899, In the Court of Appeals of the State of New York: The People of the State of New York Versus John Schmidt‎[1], page 716:
      was that why you hit him with the hammer because you were nerved up?
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