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nerves

/ ɜː /

plural noun

  1. the imagined source of emotional control

    my nerves won't stand it

  2. anxiety, tension, or imbalance

    she's all nerves

  3. bundle of nerves
    a very nervous person
  4. get on one's nerves
    to irritate, annoy, or upset one
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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For Labour MP Cat Smith, Sunday will be her third London Marathon, yet she also has a few nerves.

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A bad result could set party nerves jangling.

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It is why nerves so very nearly got the better of him last Sunday.

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"I was absolutely sick with nerves," the club's lady captain Ruth Watt admitted.

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The president received neurological tests on his mental status, nerves, motor and sensory function and reflexes.

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