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gird oneself

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  • gird oneself — 1. To tuck up loose garments under the girdle (so as to be better able to run or act quickly) 2. To brace the mind for any trial or effort 3. See also ↑loin • • • Main Entry: ↑gird …   Useful english dictionary

  • gird (up) one's loins (or gird oneself for something) — prepare and strengthen oneself for something difficult. → gird …   English new terms dictionary

  • gird oneself for — prepare oneself for (dangerous or difficult future actions) …   Useful english dictionary

  • gird — I. /gɜd / (say gerd) verb (t) (girt or girded, girding) 1. Also, gird up. to encircle with a belt or girdle. 2. to surround; hem in. –phrase 3. gird oneself (up) for, to prepare oneself mentally for 4. gird one s …  

  • gird — gird1 verb (past and past participle girded or girt) literary encircle or secure with a belt or band. ↘surround; encircle: the mountains girding Kabul. Phrases gird (up) one s loins (or gird oneself for something) prepare and strengthen oneself… …   English new terms dictionary

  • gird — v 1. encircle, circle, Archaic, Poetic. cincture; belt, bind, truss, girdle, begird; wrap, swathe, swaddle, bandage; buckle, strap, tie, hitch, pinion, fasten, secure. 2. encompass, compass, circumscribe, circumvent, environ, ring, loop, ensphere …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • gird — ► VERB (past and past part. girded or girt) literary 1) encircle or secure with a belt or band. 2) (often in phrase gird one s loins) prepare and strengthen oneself for what is to come. ORIGIN Old English, related to GIRDLE(Cf. ↑girdle) and …   English terms dictionary

  • gird — gird1 [gʉrd] vt. girded or girt, girding [ME girden < OE gyrdan, akin to Ger gürten < IE base * gherdh , to enclose > YARD2] 1. to encircle or fasten with a belt or band 2. to surround, encircle, or enclose 3 …   English World dictionary

  • gird — I [[t]gɜrd[/t]] v. t. girdedorgirt, gird•ing. 1) to encircle or bind with a belt or band 2) to surround; enclose; hem in 3) to prepare (oneself) for action; brace 4) to equip or invest, as with power or strength • gird (up) one s loins Etymology …   From formal English to slang

  • gird one's loins — phrasal : to prepare for a test of strength or other trial : muster up one s resources : set to work often used with up can the British gird up their loins and move ahead Samuel Van Valkenburg & Ellsworth Huntington * * * I gird (up) one s loins… …   Useful english dictionary

  • gird up one's loins — verb To prepare oneself for something demanding. Man came into this world, not to sit down and muse, not to befog himself with vain subtleties, but to gird up his loins and to work. Syn: steel oneself, shape up, suck it up …   Wiktionary

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