brace up
Example Sentences
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In Room 312 was Bernard Mannes Baruch, telling the British to brace up, have faith in U.S. policy and goodwill.*
From Time Magazine Archive
What the budding republic needed, he decided, was a man like Matty Fox to brace up its economy.
From Time Magazine Archive
No Rigid Rules The authors all brace up their criticisms with an enormous amount of bit-by-bit documentation�nearly all of it gleaned, ironically enough, from the commission's own evidence.
From Time Magazine Archive
The newsmen packed up their gear, relieving Molly, who had cringed at the thought of being photographed in her laden condition and having to brace up for a royal reception in Sweden.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
I mean to have a lazy day and brace up for our climbing trip in the morning.
From Wyndham's Pal by Bindloss, Harold
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
