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himselfhim‧self /ɪmˈself; strong hɪmˈself/ ●●● S1 W1 pronoun [reflexive form of ‘he’] - Everyone here should decide for himself.
- He built the closets himself.
- I don't think he hurt himself when he fell
- Mikey calls himself Michael these days.
- Peter considers himself a poet.
- Steve himself is just recovering from surgery.
► lost control of himself Davidson lost control of himself and started yelling. ► flung himself He flung himself down on the bed. ► doing ... nicely for himself Ed’s doing very nicely for himself out in Japan. ► (all) by himself- Don's traveling by himself.
- He's standing up by himself already.
- But on the campaign trail, Coles sometimes seems like a boxer in the ring by himself.
- He walked slowly, all by himself.
- He was to be placed with another inmate the next day, but wound up in a cell by himself.
- I think Sadlowski by himself could have kept it that simple.
- Once Hopkinson arrived late for breakfast to find the Colonel by himself reading a newspaper.
- Sir Henry agreed to help in this way, and to go by himself to the Stapletons that evening.
- The day he stood alone, by himself, without holding on, he roared out his triumph.
- When the officers retired, Hashim used to jump down and play squash by himself.
► not be/feel/seem himself- He had not felt himself a part of what governments decided.
- He had not felt himself bound by their rules - basically, he hadn't felt himself.
► have something (all) to himself- Jerry wanted to have the company all to himself.
- But he might just as well have been talking to himself.
- Did Mr Oakley mean he was going to have a room to himself?
- I wanted Seve to have the stage to himself - he'd earned it.
- If he can't have you all to himself, he won't want you at all.
- She had hoped Travis would have kept it to himself.
► somebody only has himself/herself to blame► bring somebody out of himself/herself► go fuck yourself/himself/themselves etc► be a law unto himself/herself etc- She was a law unto herself and did what she wanted to do.
► it’s every man for himself- In journalism it's every man for himself.
► somebody is (so) up himself/herself etc 1 a)used to show that the man or boy who does something is affected by his own action: In despair, the young boy had hanged himself. His name is James but he calls himself Jim. He poured himself a glass of orange juice. b)used after words such as ‘everyone’, ‘anyone’, and ‘someone’ to talk about people in general being affected by their own actions: Everyone should learn to respect himself.2 a)used to emphasize that you are talking about one particular man or boy: It was the president himself who opened the door. It must be true – he said so himself. b)used after ‘like’, ‘as’, or ‘except’ instead of ‘him’: The other passengers were all refugees like himself.3(all) by himself a)alone: He’s lived by himself since his wife died. Winston was sitting all by himself. b)without help from anyone else: It was the first time he felt he had achieved something by himself.4 not be/feel/seem himself informal if a man or boy is not himself, he does not feel or behave as he usually does, for example because he is upset or ill: Rick hasn’t seemed himself lately.5 have something (all) to himself if a man or boy has something to himself, he does not have to share it with anyone else: John at last had a bedroom all to himself. |