"bring oneself to" meaning in All languages combined

See bring oneself to on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: brings oneself to [present, singular, third-person], bringing oneself to [participle, present], brought oneself to [participle, past], brought oneself to [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|bring<,,brought> oneself to}} bring oneself to (third-person singular simple present brings oneself to, present participle bringing oneself to, simple past and past participle brought oneself to)
  1. To force oneself to do something (usually unpleasant); to gather the courage to do something. Translations (force oneself to do something): få sig selv til (Danish), få seg til (Norwegian Bokmål)

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