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chutzpah
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chutzpah
(noun)
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chutzpah
/
ˈ
hʊtspə/
noun
chutzpah
/
ˈ
hʊtspə/
noun
Learner's definition of CHUTZPAH
[
noncount
]
approving
:
personal confidence or courage that allows someone to do or say things that may seem shocking to others
It took a lot of
chutzpah
[=
nerve
] to stand up to him the way she did.
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