hold one's nerve | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic,intransitive)To staycalmfacingnervousness.2011June 28, Piers Newbery, “Wimbledon 2011: Sabine Lisicki beats Marion Bartoli”, inBBC Sport‎[1]:Sheheld her nerveafter failing to serve out the match at the first attempt, seeing three match points slip by in a nervous service game at 6-4 5-4 and recovering from losing the tie-break to dominate the decider.

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