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
Dulf	DULF	Limburgish
Kaycee	KAY-see	English (Modern)
Amalbert	-	Ancient Germanic
U-Jin	oo-jeen	Korean
Vibiana	-	Ancient Roman
IzsÁK	EE-zhahk	Hungarian