square one's shoulders

Instead, they square their shoulders, take out another bank loan and make the best of a bad situation.

Then she squared her shoulders and left the waiting room.

She squared her shoulders and looked him in the eye.

They could never go back, and she squared her shoulders.

He squared his shoulders then and got down to business.

Then he squared his shoulders and walked into the Door.

He was going to face this, to square his shoulders to God and take the heat.

Then, when everything was said, she squared her shoulders and turned to face the house.

Saw him pause to square his shoulders, put on a smile.

She was going to try to square her shoulders and manage a smile.