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bring oneself away

bring oneself away verb: to extract oneself from a dangerous or unfortunate situation.

Verb

bring oneself away (third-person singular simple present brings oneself away, present participle bringing oneself away, simple past and past participle brought oneself away)

  1. (dated, intransitive) To extract oneself from a dangerous or unfortunate situation.
    • He had to bring himself away from the battleground.

Forms of bring oneself away

third-person singular presentbrings oneself away
present participlebringing oneself away
past participlebrought oneself away
pastbrought oneself away

Questions about bring oneself away

What does bring oneself away mean?
Bring oneself away means to extract oneself from a dangerous or unfortunate situation.
What part of speech is bring oneself away?
Bring oneself away is a verb.
What is the past tense of bring oneself away?
The past tense of bring oneself away is brought oneself away.

Words near bring oneself away in the dictionary

  1. bring one's arse to an anchor
  2. bring one's arse to anchor
  3. bring one's ass to an anchor
  4. bring one's ass to anchor
  5. bring one's own hide to market
  6. bring oneself away
  7. bring oneself to
  8. bring out
  9. bring out in a rash
  10. bring out of oneself
  11. bring out of the woodwork

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