brace up

Idioms  

1. 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.

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brace up

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

"I'm going in about breakfast," she said; "the trouble with us is we all need hot coffee to brace up our souls."

From Sunshine Jane by Anne Warner

"Oh! brace up, Jasper!" exclaimed Larry, seeing the lower lip of his comrade quivering, and his face showing signs of becoming pallid.

From Woodcraft or, How a Patrol Leader Made Good by Alan Douglas

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