Nerve and Press

Nerve

Nerve verb - To prepare (oneself) mentally or emotionally.

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Press and nerve are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Press" instead a verb "Nerve".

Nearby Words: nervous, nervy, nerveless, nerved, nervation

Press verb - To take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right.

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Nerve and press are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Nerve" instead a verb "Press".

Nearby Words: pressed, pressing, pressroom

old	old nerve	old press
good	good nerve	good press
positive	positive nerve	positive press
single	single nerve	single press
Other adjectives: real, great, wrong, little, major, general, random.

In one story their employer chews out Colonel Hammer for nerve-gassing a village that was harboring insurgents-the Colonel responds that a nuke would have been noticed by the press.

Source: Obligatory War Crime Scene

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