steel oneself against
steel onself for
brace oneself for
prepare for **

Then she went to her office and prepared some work for the morning.

From a very young age his father prepared him for military service.

As I told you, the moment is being prepared for.

And particularly when they do a lot of things you aren't prepared for.

And now comes a turn I had not been prepared for.

They got out of the car and prepared for the day ahead.

But nothing had prepared me for the experience soon to come.

But nothing, she added, prepared her for the current job market.

The people would have followed him, as he prepared them for my return.

She must take her place among those who prepared the way for the religious movement of the 16th century.