mettle (redirected from put on their mettle)

met·tle  (mtl)

n.

1. Courage and fortitude; spirit: troops who showed their mettle in combat.

2. Inherent quality of character and temperament.

Idiom:

on (one's) mettle

Prepared to accept a challenge and do one's best.

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[Variant of metal.]

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mettle

Noun

1. courage or spirit: the lack of mettle evident among British politicians

2. character or abilities: the mettle saints are made of

3. on one's mettle roused to making one's best efforts [variant of metal]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

mettle - the courage to carry on; "he kept fighting on pure spunk"; "you haven't got the heart for baseball" nerve, spunk, heart braveness, bravery, courage, courageousness - a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear

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mettle

noun 1. courage, spirit, resolution, resolve, life, heart, fire, bottle Brit. (slang) nerve, daring, guts (informal) pluck, grit, bravery, fortitude, vigour, boldness, gallantry, ardour, valour, spunk (informal) indomitability, hardihood, gameness

noun 2. character, quality, nature, make-up, stamp, temper, kidney, temperament, calibre, disposition

Translations

mettle [ˈmɛtl] n → valor m; ánimo

mettle [ˈmɛtl] n → courage m

mettle [ˈmɛtl] n to be on one's mettle → auf dem Posten sein

mettle [ˈmɛtl] n → coraggio