musterverb [ I or T ]
uk/ˈmʌs.tər/us/ˈmʌs.tɚ/muster verb [ I or T ] (PRODUCE)
to produce or encourage something such as an emotion or support:
She managed to muster the courage to ask him to the cinema.
The team will need all the strength they can muster to win this game.
Opponents are unlikely to be able to muster enough votes to override the veto.
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Encouraging and urging on
- abet
- barrack for sb
- bring
- bring sb out
- buddy
- cheer
- chin
- egg
- get in there! idiom
- get out of here! idiom
- good/great/lovely stuff! idiom
- goose
- hide your light under a bushel idiom
- invitation
- prepare
- prepare the ground idiom
- prod
- promote
- promotion
- shoulder
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muster verb [ I or T ] (COME TOGETHER)
(especially of soldiers) to come together, especially in preparation for fighting, or to cause to do this:
The twelfth division mustered on the hill.
The general mustered his troops.
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Forming groups (of people)
- be ranged against/with sth/sb
- cluster
- congregate
- convene
- converge
- corral
- crowd around (sb/sth)
- flock
- form
- gather
- get
- get together
- group
- mob
- range
- reunion
- round
- round sth/sb up
- throng
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Idiom(s)
muster your forces
Phrasal verb(s)
muster sth up
musternoun [ C ]
uk/ˈmʌs.tər/us/ˈmʌs.tɚ/a group of people, especially soldiers, who have been brought together
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Parts of armies & groups of servicemen
- artillery
- bomb squad
- command
- commissariat
- corps
- division
- divisional
- general staff
- guard of honour
- infantry
- military policeman
- regiment
- reinforcement
- reserve
- squad
- ta
- task force
- the Joint Chiefs of Staff
- the military police
- the Territorial Army
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