brace up

Idioms and Phrases

Also, brace oneself . Summon up one's courage or resolve, as in Brace up, we don't have much farther to go , or Squaring his shoulders, he braced himself for the next wave . This idiom uses brace in the sense of “to bolster” or “to strengthen.” The first term dates from the early 1700s, the variant from about 1500.

Example Sentences

Don't fib; brace up and make a clean breast of it, and if you need advice I am full of it.

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Accordingly the Latin phrase which literally means “Gird up your loins” was translated “Brace up!”

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And under this inspiring kind of talk the track captain did brace up, so that he even allowed a smile to creep over his grim face.

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Brace up man, and try to look as near like yourself as you can.

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But let me tell you, my boy, this baby ought to make you brace up.

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