Usually means: Gather courage to face something.
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  1. pluck up: Merriam-Webster
  2. pluck up: Collins English Dictionary
  3. pluck up: Wiktionary
  4. pluck up: Dictionary.com
  5. pluck up: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (pluck up)

verb:  (transitive) To remove or acquire by plucking from, for example, the ground; to pick up.
verb:  (intransitive) To become more cheerful.
verb:  (transitive) To summon positive emotion (especially courage); to muster.

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