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noun
Idiom1.
courage and fortitude: a man of mettle.
2.
disposition or temperament: a man of fine mettle.
3.
on one's mettle, in the position of being incited to do one's best: The loss of the first round put him on his mettle to win the match.
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Mettle
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| a person who is easily deceived, a gullible person who unquestioningly or unwittingly serves a cause or another person |
| affect with sharp irritation and resentment, esp. by some wound to pride |
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Example Sentences
- He balances sentimentality with frank delight in testing the reader's mettle.
- If you are a research scholar, test your mettle and spot the moniker.
- Let's give him a chance to show his mettle.
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mettle
1581, variant spelling of metal, both of which were used interchangeably (by Shakespeare and others) in the literal sense and in the figurative sense of "stuff of which a person is made" until the spellings and senses diverged early 18c.
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