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brought oneself away

brought oneself away is the simple past and past participle of bring oneself away.

Meaning of bring oneself away

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.

Questions about brought oneself away

What is brought oneself away the simple past and past participle of?
Brought oneself away is the simple past and past participle of bring oneself away.

Words near brought oneself away in the dictionary

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

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