steel oneself for

steel oneself for someone or something

to prepare oneself for someone or something difficult or unpleasant; to get ready to face someone or something. Aunt Helen is coming for a visit. We should steel ourselves for her. I think something is going wrong. We had better steel ourselves for a shock.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Felina	-	Late Roman
RiagÁN	-	Irish
Ashford	['æʃfəd]
Borut	-	Slovene
Feibush	-	Yiddish
Godfrey	['gɔdfri]