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STEELED (7)
steel
steel - if there's something hard or unpleasant ahead, you'll need to steel yourself to get ready for it.
in a sentence
Can you steel yourself for yet more effort?
I'm afraid I have bad news for you, so steel yourself.
When you leave, Firman may feel betrayed, but you steel yourself against the re morse.
You should steel yourself for a long, difficult race.
etymology
"make hard or strong like steel," 1580s, earliest use is figurative, from steel (n.). Old English and Middle English lacked the verb but had styled, steled "made of steel." Related: Steeled; steeling.
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