brace oneself for


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Verb1.brace oneself for - prepare mentally or emotionally for something unpleasant
prepare for, steel oneself against, steel onself for
inure, indurate, harden - cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate; "He was inured to the cold"
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It would be wise to brace oneself for disaster in case our masters fail to agree.
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