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verb · irregular · transitive · common

steel up

steel up · steels up · steeled up · steeling up

To steel oneselfTo steel oneself (to harden or strengthen).

Meaning

3 senses

(intransitive)To steel oneself (to harden or strengthen).
He steeled up before leaving the house.
(transitive)To make steely.
She steeled up her voice.
(transitive)To gather the mental composure for (something).
He's steeling up his courage to call her.

Forms

steels up, steeling up, steeled up, steeled up

Base form	steel up · to steel up
3rd person singular	steels up
Present participle	steeling up
Past simple	steeled up
Past participle	steeled up

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	steel up
he, she, it	steels up

Past simpleLesson

all persons

steeled up

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have steeled up
he, she, it	has steeled up

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will steel up

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

steed steelB1 steepB1 steeple

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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