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collect oneself

collect oneself verb: to recover from surprise, embarrassment, or fear; to regain self-control.

Verb

collect oneself (third-person singular simple present collects oneself, present participle collecting oneself, simple past and past participle collected oneself)

  1. To recover from surprise, embarrassment, or fear; to regain self-control.

Forms of collect oneself

third-person singular presentcollects oneself
present participlecollecting oneself
past participlecollected oneself
pastcollected oneself

Questions about collect oneself

What does collect oneself mean?
Collect oneself means to recover from surprise, embarrassment, or fear; to regain self-control.
What part of speech is collect oneself?
Collect oneself is a verb.
What is the past tense of collect oneself?
The past tense of collect oneself is collected oneself.

Words near collect oneself in the dictionary

  1. collect dust
  2. collect like infinity stones
  3. collect on delivery
  4. collect one's thoughts
  5. collect one's wits
  6. collect oneself
  7. collect skin
  8. collect up
  9. collect-'em-up
  10. collect-'em-ups
  11. collectability

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