BRING ONESELF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bring oneself mean? 

• BRING ONESELF (verb)
  The verb BRING ONESELF has 1 sense:

1. cause to undertake a certain action, usually used in the negative

  Familiarity information: BRING ONESELF used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRING ONESELF (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause to undertake a certain action, usually used in the negative

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Context example:

He could not bring himself to call his parents

Hypernyms (to "bring oneself" is one way to...):

coerce; force; hale; pressure; squeeze (to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE