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brace up

verb

Definitions

  1. To strengthen with bracing material.

    • Ed wired the house, dug a basement with pick and shovel, braced it up, bricked it, and installed a furnace and a coal chute […]

  2. To become more optimistic.

  3. To strengthen (oneself), become stronger or more resilient.

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