Meanings of have the gumption in English

I don't know, maybe I just didn't have the gumption it took.

How many nerds would have the gumption to play in that league?

At least the Arabs have the gumption to dress their men for the part.

Do you still have the gumption?

Jasper continued, "I'm asking you, do you have the gumption to fight for what you believe is right?"

There's still only a very small handful of managers based in Ireland who have the gumption and experience to work an international band.

TV is stuck in a rut and no-one behind the cameras appears to have the gumption or desire to change this state of affairs.

They're a band who are in thrall to rock's past but who have the gumption to realise it can't all be homages and pastiches.

Robust earnings and a pleasantly surprising jobs report provide the support, so the question is whether stocks have the gumption or gas to drive on.

This gives them bread, and there might be fires, for stoves are there, but no one seems to have the gumption to put them up.

So I wonder you 've not had the gumption to guess

The bigger problem, though, is that no one had the gumption to do anything about it.

As fate would have it, none of them had the gumption to stalk and kill me.

Who has the gumption to take the keys of No 10 and no-deal the hell out of it?

I'm glad that Parent had the gumption to give you a mean look; he'll ride for me next year.

"Folks our age don't have the gumption to keep up with 'em."