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exert oneself
Idioms and Phrases
Put oneself to strenuous effort, as in We exerted ourselves mightily to raise funds . [First half of 1700s]Example Sentences
Autonomy: The ability to exert oneself independently and have control over one鈥檚 actions.
Why exert oneself when tasty news niblets are just a tap and a scroll away?
V, exert oneself, strive. strenge, aj. strict, unfriendly. str墨chen, sv.
One should always exert oneself with hopefulness.
A Kshatriya should not, O king, strike one that is fatigued, or one that is frightened, or one that has been disarmed, or one that is weeping, or one that is unwilling to fight, or one that is unequipped with mail and cars and horse and infantry, or one that has ceased to exert oneself in the fight, or one that is ill, or one that cries for quarter, or one that is of tender years, or one that is old.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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