as in to brace
to prepare (oneself) mentally or emotionally
I have to psych myself up before every swimming competition
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Other venues, most notably the 90,000-capacity Rose Bowl, are braced for lots of empty seats.—
Adam Crafton, New York Times, 17 May 2025
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The National Weather Service said residents in Kentucky, southern Indiana, southern Illinois and parts of Tennessee, Missouri, Arkansas and Ohio should brace for intense storms that could include baseball-sized hail.—
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It is then fermented into a sweet wine, usually fortified.—
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Each mirror panel captures the body mid-process—being measured, considered, and eventually fortified.—
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Seventeen years old, Fatima is in her last year of high school, readying for baccalaureate studies in Paris.—
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Ahead of the now-famous Miami race, the grid was swarming with celebrities from across the globe, on top of the usual team personnel readying their machinery for the race ahead.—
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“Psych (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/psych%20%28up%29. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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