bring oneself

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Verb bring oneself has 1 sense

bring oneself - cause to undertake a certain action, usually used in the negative; "He could not bring himself to call his parents"
--₁ is one way to coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE

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bring oneself

Part of speech: phrasal verb

Sense 1: To force or motivate oneself to do something.

Usage:

After a long day at work, she had to bring herself to go to the gym.
He had to bring himself to apologize for his mistake.

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Sense 2: To physically bring oneself to a location.

Usage:

She brought herself to the party even though she was feeling tired.
He couldn't bring himself to attend the meeting due to a scheduling conflict.

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