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get ahold of oneself

get ahold of oneself verb: to calm down; to stop behaving in an erratic way.

Verb

get ahold of oneself (third-person singular simple present gets ahold of oneself, present participle getting ahold of oneself, simple past got ahold of oneself, past participle (UK) got ahold of oneself or (US) gotten ahold of oneself)

  1. To calm down; to stop behaving in an erratic way.
    Synonyms:
    get a grip of oneself

Synonyms of get ahold of oneself

  • get a grip of oneself

Forms of get ahold of oneself

third-person singular presentgets ahold of oneself
present participlegetting ahold of oneself
pastgot ahold of oneself
past participle UKgot ahold of oneself
past participle USgotten ahold of oneself

Questions about get ahold of oneself

What does get ahold of oneself mean?
Get ahold of oneself means to calm down; to stop behaving in an erratic way.
What part of speech is get ahold of oneself?
Get ahold of oneself is a verb.
What is the past tense of get ahold of oneself?
The past tense of get ahold of oneself is got ahold of oneself.

Words near get ahold of oneself in the dictionary

  1. get after
  2. get ahead
  3. get ahead of
  4. get ahead of oneself
  5. get ahold of
  6. get ahold of oneself
  7. get along
  8. get along with you
  9. get amongst it
  10. get around
  11. get around to

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