work oneself up to something

tv. to get oneself mentally ready to do something. I spent all morning working myself up to taking the driver’s test.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Anil	-	Hinduism, Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi, Gujarati, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Nep
Prune	-	French
Winters	['wintəz]
Yaqub	-	Arabic
Alborz	-	Persian
Masterman	MAS-tər-mən	English (Rare)