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prepare for

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Verb1.prepare for - prepare mentally or emotionally for something unpleasant
brace oneself for, steel oneself against, steel onself for
inure, indurate, harden - cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate; "He was inured to the cold"


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If, to obviate this consequence, it should be resolved to extend the prohibition to the RAISING of armies in time of peace, the United States would then exhibit the most extraordinary spectacle which the world has yet seen, that of a nation incapacitated by its Constitution to prepare for defense, before it was actually invaded.
Federalist Papers Authored by Alexander Hamilton by Hamilton, Alexander View in context
Hunt turned his thoughts to provide for the subsistence of the main body left to his charge, and to prepare for their future march.
Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context
Into this hole, the end of the second alternating great tackle is then hooked so as to retain a hold upon the blubber, in order to prepare for what follows.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
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