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steel up

steel up verb: to steel oneself (to harden or strengthen).

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To steel oneself (to harden or strengthen).
    • He steeled up before leaving the house.
  2. (transitive) To make steely.
    • She steeled up her voice.
  3. (transitive) To gather the mental composure for (something).
    • He's steeling up his courage to call her.

Forms of steel up

third-person singular presentsteels up
present participlesteeling up
past participlesteeled up
paststeeled up

Questions about steel up

What does steel up mean?
Steel up means to steel oneself (to harden or strengthen).
What part of speech is steel up?
Steel up is a verb.
What is the past tense of steel up?
The past tense of steel up is steeled up.

Words near steel up in the dictionary

  1. steel square
  2. steel squares
  3. steel string guitar
  4. steel string guitars
  5. steel toys
  6. steel up
  7. steel wheel
  8. steel wheels
  9. steel wine
  10. steel wines
  11. steel wool

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