prepare oneself for a military confrontation
"The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East"
"troops are building up on the Iraqi border"
put a girdle on or around
"gird your loins"
bind with something round or circular
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gird
That girdle will not gird me. [ Proverb ]
Gird your hearts with silent fortitude,
Suffering, yet hoping all things. [ Mrs. Hemans ]
A man who cannot gird himself into harness will take no weight along these highways. [ Carlyle ]
Child of earth and earthly sorrows - child of God and immortal hopes - arise from thy sadness, gird up the loins of thy mind, and with unfaltering energy press toward thy rest and reward on high. [ E. L. Magoon ]
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