Steel (someone or oneself) against (someone or something) verb phrase
To be mentally and emotionally prepared to endure someone or something
Participating in a rigorous and strenuous training program has steeled him against any opponents he might face on the way to the championship title.
We steeled ourselves against the inevitable hardship of the long trek through the forest.
You have to steel yourself against challenges and difficulties ahead.
To prepare for something
1. Being much better prepared, skilled, or successful than someone or something else
2. Being able to effortlessly outmaneuver someone or something
If you know something ahead of time, you can be adequately prepared.
Used to say that what needs for something that happens are fully prepared
To be ready to deal with a situation.
The verb "steel" must be conjugated according to its tense.
This phrase is formed based on the meaning of the verb "steel"
1. The phrase is used to talk about the earth that is broken up and flattened by a harrow.
2. If somebody is under the harrow, he or she is forced to experience distress, or torment.
1. About 1000 hectares of farmland have been under the harrow for 2 hours.
2. Many families are under the harrow because of the economic recession.