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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.
See also: steel

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Lenny['leni]
VilhoVEEL-hoFinnish
SocratesSAHK-rə-teez (English)Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Miyumee-yooJapanese
DelphiaDEL-fee-əEnglish
BarbraBAHR-brəEnglish
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