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self-mettle
To put one one's mettle
self-mettle
Self"-met`tle
noun
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Inborn mettle or courage; one's own temper.
Obs.
Shak.
Webster 1913
To put one one's mettle
to cause or incite one to use one's best efforts.
Webster 1913