Talk:brace oneself for

Sum of parts? SemperBlotto (talk) 07:05, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Actually I can't see a definition of brace to go with this. Perhaps brace oneself as not always used with 'for'. To delete it all together we'd need to show that the direct object isn't always a reflexive pronoun, something like "he braced his son for the impact". Sounds plausible, can anyone actually cite it and add it to brace? Mglovesfun (talk) 12:58, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
 * 1966, Sebastian Kneipp, My Will: A Legacy to the Healthy and the Sick, page 273:
 * Children of consumptive parents are always delicate and have weak blood, the first thing therefore to do is to brace the children and strengthen their systems that they may be in a condition to digest nourishing food and throw off the bad matter.
 * 2005, C. Taylor, The Eighth Day, page 178:
 * He wanted to brace them for what they may experience, for Julia's cleansing was quite distressing
 * 2013, Capt. Earle Williams, To Dare a Dream: A Salty Memoir, page 292:
 * We braced ourselves for another crash
 * Some attempts at this. bd2412 T 13:59, 29 August 2013 (UTC)


 * Our first verb definition (To prepare for something bad, as an impact or blow) covers this sense. SemperBlotto (talk) 14:03, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
 * I agree. Delete as SoP. Otherwise, we would need to have such an entry for every verb that could be used with "for" - prepare onself for, test oneself for, nominate oneself for. bd2412 T 14:18, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Sorry yes. Though perhaps a separate figurative sense is justifiable. Still, delete. Mglovesfun (talk) 14:20, 29 August 2013 (UTC)


 * Delete I don't think brace oneself is entryworthy either. There is no meaning shift for a reflexive object. DCDuring TALK  16:48, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
 * OTOH, usage of transitive-but-not-reflexive brace is not abundant. We should probably have redirects from the various common reflexive forms to brace and show a "prepare" sense as usually reflexive. DCDuring TALK  17:11, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
 * What a perfectly dreadful L3 at brace. MWOnline has a total of eleven definitions, nicely marked as transitive or intransitive, not restricted in context, except one archaic. We have 4, one nautical, not marked as transitive or intransitive. How could we possibly have good translations? It's a shame that we don't have the old easy-to-use contexts. It was not so annoying to work on this kind of entry. DCDuring TALK  17:21, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
 * I totally agree that our verb senses aren't as good as they could be. Mglovesfun (talk) 21:42, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Strong delete IMO, but we have equally silly tack-on-a-preposition entries like come up to, so what do I know. Equinox ◑ 18:22, 29 August 2013 (UTC)


 * Delete. - -sche (discuss) 01:44, 31 August 2013 (UTC)

Deleted. No real chance for this to overcome deletion at this point. bd2412 T 03:50, 7 September 2013 (UTC)