brace up
Idioms-
Also, brace oneself. Summon up one's courage or resolve, as in Brace up, we don't have much farther to go, or Squaring his shoulders, he braced himself for the next wave. This idiom uses brace in the sense of “to bolster” or “to strengthen.” The first term dates from the early 1700s, the variant from about 1500.
Example Sentences
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In Room 312 was Bernard Mannes Baruch, telling the British to brace up, have faith in U.S. policy and goodwill.*
From Time Magazine Archive
No Rigid Rules The authors all brace up their criticisms with an enormous amount of bit-by-bit documentation�nearly all of it gleaned, ironically enough, from the commission's own evidence.
From Time Magazine Archive
What the budding republic needed, he decided, was a man like Matty Fox to brace up its economy.
From Time Magazine Archive
The newsmen packed up their gear, relieving Molly, who had cringed at the thought of being photographed in her laden condition and having to brace up for a royal reception in Sweden.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
“Come, brace up, Chet, and stop grumbling, that’s a good fellow.”
From First at the North Pole Two Boys in the Arctic Circle by Stratemeyer, Edward
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