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brace up
Idioms and Phrases
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
The government so far has reported only about 100 infections with the new omicron variant, but it is bracing up for a new wave of contagion after the holidays.
The situation has improved over the past few weeks, but the authorities are now bracing up for a new wave of infection caused by the omicron variant.
The Russian president noted that “NATO, regrettably, has pursued a clearly confrontational course with respect to Russia,” adding that “we aren’t bracing up for confrontation with anyone.”
“I kind of can see the defender through my eye so I kind of braced up a little bit,” Waddle said.
Plenty of white pepper and ginger braces up the zingy finish.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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