Call
Work up
Work up verb - To produce or bring about especially by long or repeated effort.
Both terms in one sentence
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First-Name Basis: An arc had as a side plot Ayumi trying to work up the nerve to call Ai by her first name.
Source: Manga / Detective Conan
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