oneself : Idioms & Phrases

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assert oneself

  • verb put oneself forward in an assertive and insistent manner
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band oneself

  • verb attach oneself to a group
    league together.
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bestir oneself

  • verb start to be active
    get started; get rolling; get going; get moving; get weaving; get cracking.
    • Get cracking, please!
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betake oneself

  • verb displace oneself; go from one location to another
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brace oneself for

  • verb prepare mentally or emotionally for something unpleasant
    steel onself for; prepare for; brace oneself for.
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bring oneself

  • verb cause to undertake a certain action, usually used in the negative
    • He could not bring himself to call his parents
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cross oneself

  • verb make the sign of the cross; in the Catholic religion
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declare oneself

  • verb ask (someone) to marry you
    pop the question; propose; offer.
    • he popped the question on Sunday night
    • she proposed marriage to the man she had known for only two months
    • The old bachelor finally declared himself to the young woman
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extend oneself

  • verb strain to the utmost
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find oneself

  • verb accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation
    find.
    • My son went to Berkeley to find himself
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help oneself

  • verb abstain from doing; always used with a negative
    help.
    • I can't help myself--I have to smoke
    • She could not help watching the sad spectacle
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inconvenience oneself

  • verb take the trouble to do something; concern oneself
    bother; inconvenience oneself; trouble.
    • He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday
    • Don't bother, please
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keep to oneself

  • verb shun the company of others
    • The new student keeps to herself
  • verb withhold information
    • I kept your little secret to myself all these years
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kill oneself

  • verb strain oneself more than is healthy
    kill oneself.
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lend oneself

  • verb be applicable to; as to an analysis
    apply.
    • This theory lends itself well to our new data
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lower oneself

  • verb debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way
    stoop; condescend.
    • I won't stoop to reading other people's mail
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overexert oneself

  • verb strain oneself more than is healthy
    kill oneself.
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pride oneself

  • verb feel proud of
    take pride.
    • She took great pride in her sons
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prove oneself

  • verb show one's ability or courage
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relieve oneself

  • verb eliminate urine
    wee-wee; spend a penny; wee; piddle; micturate; pee-pee; make; pass water; make water; take a leak; pee; urinate; puddle; piss.
    • Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug
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remember oneself

  • verb recover one's good manners after a lapse or stop behaving badly
    • Please remember yourself, Charles!
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steel oneself against

  • verb prepare mentally or emotionally for something unpleasant
    steel onself for; prepare for; brace oneself for.
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trouble oneself

  • verb take the trouble to do something; concern oneself
    bother; inconvenience oneself; trouble.
    • He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday
    • Don't bother, please
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