10 Results found for "avoid oneself".

make oneself scarce

past and past participle made oneself scarce) (intransitive) To leave or stay away from a place, especially in order to avoid an encounter. Perhaps I should...


sell oneself short

sell oneself short To belittle oneself in judgment; to underestimate oneself and one's abilities (and thus avoid being acknowledged to the deserved extent)...


keep to oneself

participle kept to oneself) (intransitive) To purposely avoid interaction with others; to be introverted. Synonym: keep oneself to oneself She preferred to...


epuka

-epuka (infinitive kuepuka) to avoid to escape, to distance oneself from...


evasive

evasive, superlative most evasive) Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself. Directed towards avoidance or escape; evasive...


duck down

(idiomatic, intransitive) To crouch in order to hide or protect oneself. (idiomatic, intransitive) To stoop oneself down quickly, in order to avoid being hit....


wymiksować

(reflexive with się, colloquial) to avoid participating [with z (+ genitive) ‘in something’], to disassociate oneself wymiksować in Polish dictionaries...


mithen

conceal; keep to oneself, dissemble; conceal oneself, remain concealed; avoid, shun, refrain from”). Cognate with Dutch mijden (“to avoid, evade”), German...


schermirsi

participle schermìto) reflexive of schermire to protect or shield oneself to avoid or evade     Conjugation of schermìrsi (-ire) (See Appendix:Italian...


ծպտվել

disguise oneself (figuratively) to wear a mask (to pretend to be honest and good) (rare) to hide, to conceal to lie low, to hide out (to avoid being recognized...