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BRACE UP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does brace up mean?
• BRACE UP (verb)
The verb BRACE UP has 1 sense:
1. make secure underneath
Familiarity information: BRACE UP used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make secure underneath
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
brace up; undergird
Context example:
undergird the ship
Hypernyms (to "brace up" is one way to...):
beef up; fortify; strengthen (make strong or stronger)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
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