ON ONE'S METTLE


Meaning of ON ONE'S METTLE in English

phrasal

also upon one's mettle

: in a state of being challenged or aroused to make one's best efforts

the family business failed and put him on his mettle as a writer — Van Wyck Brooks

putting both major parties on their mettle — John Lodge

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.