steel against

steel someone against someone or something

to fortify someone against someone or something; to prepare someone to endure someone or something. I tried to steel Liz against Carl, who was bringing her some very bad news. We steeled her against the bad news.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Della	['delə]
Iggy	-	English
Francisco	frahn-THEES-ko (Spanish), frahn-SEES-ko (Latin American Spanish), frən-SEESH-koo (Portuguese)	Spanish, Portuguese
Navneet	-	Indian (Sikh)
Hildegard	HIL-de-gahrt (German)	German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Ancient Germanic
Philomena	fil-ə-MEEN-ə (English)	English, German, Late Greek