screw up your courage

Meaning

1. to force yourself to be brave enough to do sth

   I finally screwed up my courage and went to the dentist.

From the same entry

• have a screw loose
• put the screws on
• a turn of the screw
• screw him, you, that
• have your head screwed on
• screw around
• screw from of
• screw up
• screw up
• screw up
• screw your eyes up