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Meanings of bracing up in English

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Usage of bracing up in English
1
There was nothing there of uncomfortableness,-ofconscious bracing up to a difficult matter.
The Other Girls
2
He needs bracing up and to take things more seriously.
The House of Toys
3
He wanted bracing up and he adopted Rofflash's suggestion.
Madame Flirt / A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera'
4
People who merely need a little bracing up need not have the least fear of it.
The Recreations of a Country Parson
5
He should brace up and keep bracing up persistently, unremittently, until he attains a more manly bearing.
What Dress Makes of Us
6
Quickly bracing up her yards, she poured a broadside into her two opponents, which were close together.
John Deane of Nottingham: Historic Adventures by Land and Sea
7
There's nothing for it but bracing up!
Studies and Essays: The Inn of Tranquility, and Others
8
They would raise one end of a heavy log and place a stick under, bracing up the log.
Myths and Legends of the Sioux
9
However, it did not take him long to recover, and then, bracing up, he hurried away without a word.
True to Himself; Or, Roger Strong's Struggle for Place
10
So, after temporarily bracing up the tank in the ARROW, it was shoved out into the lake and attached to Andy's craft.
Tom Swift and His Motor-Boat; Or, The Rivals of Lake Carlopa
11
When Anna is free from infection and able to travel, her mother will take her to the sea for a thorough bracing up.
Kitty Trenire
12
It was no good listening to their talk, for you could make nothing of it, but it was bracing up Peter like wine.
Mr. Standfast
13
Which shows you that dear old Archie was bracing up, for I've heard him use much the same language in happier days about a referee.
Death at the Excelsior, and Other Stories
14
I'm bracing up myself to meet the rollicking, mischief-making crowd at Bellwood, who will just be lying in wait to guy us and haze us.
The Boys of Bellwood School; Or, Frank Jordan's Triumph
15
The brig wore gradually round; and when the men were bracing up the yards, sharp on the other tack, instead of the "Hurrah!"
Peter Simple; and, The Three Cutters, Vol. 1-2
16
Bracing up after removing the moisture from his forehead, he took on an expostulatory tone.
Revenge!
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