10 Results found for "require oneself".

don't knock yourself out

yourself (in doing something that does not require much effort). I'll get round to it soonish. — Well, don't knock yourself out! knock out knock oneself out...


read oneself in

read oneself in) (ecclesiastical, Anglicanism, dated, idiomatic) To read aloud the Thirty-nine Articles and the Declaration of Assent; required of a clergyman...


speak for oneself

speak for oneself (third-person singular simple present speaks for oneself, present participle speaking for oneself, simple past spoke for oneself, past participle...


get down to business

To commit oneself to a task or activity that is employment-related or that requires serious effort or concentration. Translations throw oneself into...


ܫܓܡ

[ʃɑːɣeːm] ܫܵܓ݂ܹܡ • (šāḡēm) to require effort, occupy time and concern to do continually, to cleave to, to devote oneself to (by extension) to be addicted...


toot one's own horn

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three-dog night

during the night, and when it is very cold, one would require three sled dogs in the igloo to keep oneself warm. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) three-dog...


self-contain

uncommon) To not require external or additional support; to be complete in itself. (transitive, uncommon) To be wrapped up in oneself; to be reserved....


what it takes

what it takes (uncountable) (US, idiomatic) Everything that is required, especially skill or endurance. You don't know what it takes to succeed at competitive...


cloisterism

tendency to isolate oneself from others and their needs and problems. 2007, Terry Michael Moore, Culture Matters, page 117: That will require a sharp break...