as in to brace
to prepare (oneself) mentally or emotionally
forearmed themselves for the championship game with the help of a sports psychologist
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Recent Examples of forearm
Bell was wearing an elbow brace that extended from bicep to forearm on his left arm that was hinged and padded in the elbow.
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San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2022
But there's more to forearm training than squeezing a stress ball for hours on end.
—Brett Williams, Men's Health, 14 June 2022
That led to Stoudemire and Boris Diaw leaving the bench as a scrum broke out that included Horry forearming Raja Bell.
—Duane Rankin, azcentral, 18 May 2020
The team’s initial diagnosis was forearm tightness, and it later was changed to forearm discomfort.
—John Shea, SFChronicle.com, 19 June 2019
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San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2022
But there's more to forearm training than squeezing a stress ball for hours on end.
—Brett Williams, Men's Health, 14 June 2022
That led to Stoudemire and Boris Diaw leaving the bench as a scrum broke out that included Horry forearming Raja Bell.
—Duane Rankin, azcentral, 18 May 2020
The team’s initial diagnosis was forearm tightness, and it later was changed to forearm discomfort.
—John Shea, SFChronicle.com, 19 June 2019
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Chipotle, like other restaurants and fast-food chains that rely on supplies from Mexico, also forecast tepid annual comparable sales growth, bracing for a hit from inflation.—
Ananya Mariam Rajesh,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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Now city leaders are bracing for a nearly $1-billion budget deficit.—
Ryan Fonseca,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2025
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But all that has only fortified a character who went from hapless brother-in-law to inarguably the most evolved one of the bunch.—
Mikey O'Connell,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Apr. 2025
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Because the people in charge didn’t pick the right players, and didn’t draft well enough with the leftover picks to fortify the roster.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
20 Apr. 2025
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“Forearm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forearm. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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