brace up
Example Sentences
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What the budding republic needed, he decided, was a man like Matty Fox to brace up its economy.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
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
For nothing tries men so much as "brace up" and "square away" every five minutes as they work their ship through a belt of calm.
From The Strand Magazine, Vol. 27, No. 161, May 1904 by Various
He fancies he will have to go through a terrible ordeal this afternoon, and he wishes to brace up for it.
From Frank Merriwell's New Comedian The Rise of a Star by Burt L. Standish
