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Muster Gather Dancing Bring Originally Meaning Soldiers Muster's

Front muster
Back gather or bring together

Originally meaning only to gather soldiers, muster's definition has been expanded to include gathering up just about anything––you can muster up some dinner, some friends, or even some ketchup, pickles and mustard.

Remember that muster used to involve getting reluctant soldiers out of bed and into the field of battle––it involves overcoming a certain inertia. When you muster up the courage to face something, it's clear that this is pretty scary for you.



Unable to muster more than one birdie, Woods carded an unmemorable 73 that eliminated him from contention for an 80th PGA Tour title.
 
That means it wouldn’t pass muster under EPA’s “secret science” initiative, which would prevent the agency from using scientific studies in crafting new regulations unless the underlying data are made public.
 
“We should muster all our power and capacity to fight high temperatures and droughts.”
 
With more ambition than dancing experience, she raced to find a dancing instructor and barely mustered a rudimentary time step before her tryout.

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