steel oneself

English

Verb

steel oneself (third-person singular simple present steels oneself, present participle steeling oneself, simple past and past participle steeled oneself)

To concentrate in preparation for a rigorous or possibly painful task.
The boxers steeled themselves for the match.

Translations

concentrate in preparation for a rigorous task

Norwegian:
Bokmål: stålsette seg

Swedish: stålsätta sig

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