brac·ing 
(brāsĭng)
(brāsĭng)adj.
Invigorating or refreshing; strengthening: a bracing tonic.
n.
1. A support; a brace.
2. Braces considered as a group.
bracing·ly adv.
- in the air
- in the bad graces of
- in the bag
- in the balance
- in the bargain
- in the blink of an eye
- in the buff
- in the can
- in the cards
- in the circumstances
- in the clear
- in the clouds
- in the dark
- in the dock
- in the doghouse
- in the dust
- in the end
- in the event
- in the extreme
- in the eye of the wind
- in the face of
- in the face/teeth of
- in the family way
- in the flesh
- in the good graces of