pluck
41pluck — 1. verb 1) he plucked a thread from his lapel Syn: remove, pick, pull, extract 2) she plucked at his T shirt Syn: pull, tug, clutch, snatch, grab, catch, tweak …
42pluck — v. & n. v. 1 tr. (often foll. by out, off, etc.) remove by picking or pulling out or away. 2 tr. strip (a bird) of feathers. 3 tr. pull at, twitch. 4 intr. (foll. by at) tug or snatch at. 5 tr. sound (the string of a musical instrument) with the… …
43pluck up courage — ● courage * * * I pluck up (or screw up or take) courage make an effort to do something that frightens one II see courage * * * pluck up (the) courage ◇ If you pluck up (the) courage to do something, you become brave enough to do it …
44pluck´i|ness — pluck|y «PLUHK ee», adjective, pluck|i|er, pluck|i|est. having or showing courage: »a plucky dog. SYNONYM(S): brave, mettlesome, spirited. –pluck´i|ly …
45pluck something out of the air — pluck something out of/from/the air phrase to say the first number, date, fact etc that you think of without knowing whether it is correct ‘75% of people agree with me,’ I said, plucking a figure out of the air. Thesaurus: to guesssynonym Main en …
46pluck up (the) courage (to do something) — phrase to persuade yourself to do something that frightens you He finally plucked up the courage to speak to her. Thesaurus: to be ready, or to get ready for somethingsynonym Main entry: pluck * * * pluck up (t …
47pluck up the courage — pluck up (the) courage ◇ If you pluck up (the) courage to do something, you become brave enough to do it. He finally plucked up the courage to ask her out on a date. • • • Main Entry: ↑pluck …
48pluck something out of the air — pluck (something) out of the air if you pluck a number out of the air, you say any number and not one that is the result of careful calculation. That figure of eighty thousand pounds isn t something we ve just plucked out of the air. We ve done a …
49pluck out of the air — pluck (something) out of the air if you pluck a number out of the air, you say any number and not one that is the result of careful calculation. That figure of eighty thousand pounds isn t something we ve just plucked out of the air. We ve done a …
50pluck off — (Shakespeare) To abate, come down the scale • • • Main Entry: ↑pluck …
