outnerve

English

Etymology

out- +‎ nerve

Verb

outnerve (third-person singular simple present outnerves, present participle outnerving, simple past and past participle outnerved)

1. (transitive) To show more nerve than.
   • 1990, Charles Hartshorne, The Darkness and the Light, page 97:

     Always one has to anticipate the others (or others') actions and try to outwit as well as outnerve and outskill the others.