Oneself
//wʌnˈsɛlf//
Word Type
Pronoun
The word "oneself" can be used as a pronoun.
Word Relationships
Derived Terms
above oneself absorb oneself in adorn oneself with borrowed plumes all over oneself apply oneself assert oneself back oneself into a corner be oneself bear oneself beat oneself behave oneself behind oneself beside oneself besides oneself bless oneself box oneself into a corner break one's arm patting oneself on the back brick oneself bring oneself away bring oneself to bring out of oneself buy a dog and bark oneself by oneself carry oneself change oneself check in with oneself collect oneself come to oneself confine oneself contain oneself cop oneself on cover oneself in glory crap oneself create daylight between oneself and someone cross oneself cry oneself to sleep cut oneself deny oneself despite oneself dig a hole for oneself dig oneself in do oneself a mischief do well for oneself drink oneself to death ease oneself enjoy oneself enlarge oneself expose oneself express oneself fall into oneself fall over oneself feel like oneself feel oneself fend for oneself find it in oneself find oneself flatter oneself fool to oneself for oneself forget oneself fuck oneself full of oneself gather oneself get above oneself get ahead of oneself get ahold of oneself get oneself together get over oneself get past oneself give a good account of oneself give of oneself give oneself airs go grip oneself with both hands handle oneself have a dog and bark oneself have a word with oneself have tickets on oneself have to say for oneself hear oneself think help oneself hold oneself together hug oneself in spite of oneself into a hole keep a dog and bark oneself keep one's hands to oneself keep oneself to oneself keep to oneself kill oneself knock oneself out lash oneself to the mast law unto oneself let oneself go lift oneself up by one's bootstraps live with oneself live within oneself look at oneself in the mirror lose oneself lose the run of oneself make a name for oneself make a nuisance of oneself make a pig of oneself make a pig out of oneself make a public spectacle of oneself make a show of oneself make a spectacle of oneself make an exhibition of oneself make oneself at home make oneself clear make oneself scarce make something of oneself miss oneself occupy oneself oneself out oneself together outbrake oneself owe it to oneself pace oneself paint oneself into a corner pass oneself off as pee oneself pick oneself up off the floor piss oneself play with oneself pleased with oneself pleasure oneself poop oneself prove oneself pull oneself pull oneself together pull oneself up by one's bootstraps pull the ladder up after put daylight between oneself and someone put oneself about put oneself across put oneself in someone's place put oneself out put oneself out of the way raise oneself up by one's bootstraps read oneself in redeem oneself reiterate oneself relieve oneself repeat oneself resign oneself rub oneself off satisfy oneself say to oneself score on oneself sell oneself sell oneself short service oneself set up to oneself shit oneself shoes shoot oneself in the foot show oneself soil oneself sorry for oneself sort oneself out speak for oneself spread oneself thin stuck on oneself suit oneself sun oneself sure of oneself take it upon oneself take oneself up by one's own ears take upon oneself talk to oneself think for oneself think no end of oneself through oneself throw oneself at throw oneself behind throw oneself into throw oneself on someone's mercy tie oneself in knots tie oneself to the mast to oneself to-oneself top oneself touch oneself true to oneself up oneself wash oneself of wet oneself wipe oneself …boot-tags …own boot-tags …own bootstraps …own waistbands
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Related Terms
'em Ime The following table shows a list of English personal pronoun all your y'all's your all's you guys' your guys' all yours y'all's you guys' your guys' archaic forms are in italics. 1 See Appendix:English third-person singular pronouns for attested neopronoun. he her herselfhersen hershern him himselfhisselfhissen his hishisn including archaic and dialectal forms. Dialectal and obsolete ithit itselfhitself itshis itshishits me mine mymineme myselfmemysen one one's our ourselvesourselfoursen oursourn self she thee their theirs theirstheirn them themhem themself themselves themselvestheirsen they thine thou thyselftheeselfthysen thythine us we y'allselves you you ally'all you guys yous your yourselfyoursen yourselves yoursyourn youye
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