summon up

Frequency: 8.525.3 per million words

to manage to find a quality like courage or energy from within yourself

summonADVERB + summon

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Examples (10)

  • She managed to summon up a smile for the camera.
  • He had to summon up all his courage to face the challenge.
  • Can you summon up the energy for one last push?
  • The actor struggled to summon up the right emotion for the scene.
  • I can barely summon up the will to get out of bed on Mondays.
  • The team had to summon up their best performance to win the championship.
  • She tried to summon up a memory of her childhood.
  • He couldn't summon up enough strength to lift the heavy box.
  • The magician was able to summon up an illusion of a dove.
  • We need to summon up some support for this important cause.