Term Gallery logo

Meanings of pluck up in English

We have no meanings for "pluck up" in our records yet.
Usage of pluck up in English
1
From all which tokens the people began to pluck up fresh courage.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume...
2
Such will you become unless you pluck up spirit and dash out.
Marriage
3
Come, sir, pluck up your courage, and find out something about yourself.
Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape from the Brigands of Greece
4
By and by I pluck up courage and pluck him by the sleeve.
Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 32, November 5, 1870
5
Take my advice and pluck up spirit, and go in for her boldly.
Molly Bawn
6
Come, pluck up a good heart; speak the truth and shame the devil.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 5
7
Perhaps Stevens will pluck up courage to ring the bell for afternoon service.
The Luckiest Girl in the School
8
In adversities we should show ourselves like men, and pluck up good spirits.
Selections from the Table Talk of Martin Luther
9
I pray you, thanes, pluck up spirit, and follow the ealdorman.
A Thane of Wessex: Being a Story of the Great Viking Raids into ...
10
She was forced, therefore, to pluck up courage, and to ask the question.
He Knew He Was Right
11
Maurice wished to ask for a barber, but could not pluck up courage.
The Puritans
12
Jane, having told her mind, now began to pluck up a little spirit.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 103, May, 1866 / A Magazine...
13
How wilt thou give the fruits, then, if thou pluck up the root?
The World's Great Sermons, Volume 01: Basil to Calvin
14
I suppose, dear, we must pluck up courage, and get that ceremony over?
Jude the Obscure
15
I pluck up courage; I prudently remove to the other end of the room.
The Caxtons: A Family Picture — Volume 07
16
So I decided to pluck up the courage and go for it, because: YOLO.
News.com.au
This collocation consists of:
Pluck up through the time
Pluck up across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common