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HUBLOT Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Muster up the courage to...

She finally mustered up the courage to ask him for more money.
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/muster-sth-up

Do you say "raise the courage to..." to mean "muster up the courage to..."?
  

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It means to supress your anxiety and fears before you do something that you are afraid of.

— AlpheccaStars

  • It means to supress your anxiety and fears before you do something that you are afraid of.
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It means to supress your anxiety and fears before you do something that you are afraid of.
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Hi,

Do you say "raise the courage to..." to mean "muster up the courage to..."?

No.

It's a pretty fixed expression. We sometimes say

eg she found the courage to . . .

eg she
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Thank you, AlpheccaStars and Clive.

May I ask what "raise the courage to..." means?

The stupid, irrelevant thought that Loki was in dire need of a hair cut flickered across her mind, before she pushed it away and raised the courage to meet Loki’s gaze.
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It's basically the same meaning.
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Thank you, AlpheccaStars.
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