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02/19/10 7:30 PM

#13460 RE: Newly2b #13453

met·tle /'m?tl/ Show Spelled[met-l] Show IPA
–noun
1.courage and fortitude: a man of mettle.
2.disposition or temperament: a man of fine mettle.
—Idiom
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.