Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb brace_oneself_for

1 sense of brace oneself for

Sense 1
steel oneself against, steel onself for, brace oneself for, prepare for -- (prepare mentally or emotionally for something unpleasant)
       => inure, harden, indurate -- (cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate; "He was inured to the cold")