BRACE ONESELF FOR

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Prepare mentally or emotionally for something unpleasant

Synonyms:

brace oneself for; prepare for; steel oneself against; steel onself for

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "brace oneself for" is one way to...):

harden; indurate; inure (cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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