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muster your forces

formal

Definition

to make great arrangements and efforts, usually to prepare for an attack or event: The Welsh National Opera has mustered its forces to mount its second production of Tristan in only 14 years.Planning, expecting and arrangingPlotting and trappingPreparing
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