brace oneself for
verbverified·updated Jun 3, 2026
to prepare mentally or emotionally for something unpleasant
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Classifications
Cognitive
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Automation
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Variants
- synonym
- steel oneself against
- pasttense
- braced oneself for
- presentparticiple
- bracing oneself for
- thirdpersonsingular
- braces oneself for
- pastparticiple
- braced oneself for