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Is the following term correct? "He always criticizes me and now he's got the nerve to ask me money"
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Hi,

Is the following term correct? "He always criticizes me and now he's got the nerve to ask me for money"
Yes - the term is fine.

It means he has the audacity to ask me for money.
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he's got

or he has the nerve
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