"bring oneself to" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "brings oneself to",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
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    },
    {
      "form": "bringing oneself to",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brought oneself to",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brought oneself to",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He could not bring himself to ask her.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To force oneself to do something (usually unpleasant); to gather the courage to do something."
      ],
      "id": "en-bring_oneself_to-en-verb-iBPKXqDp",
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "force oneself to do something",
          "word": "få sig selv til"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "force oneself to do something",
          "word": "få seg til"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bring oneself to"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "brings oneself to",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bringing oneself to",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brought oneself to",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brought oneself to",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "bring<,,brought> oneself to"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "text": "He could not bring himself to ask her.",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To force oneself to do something (usually unpleasant); to gather the courage to do something."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "force oneself to do something",
      "word": "få sig selv til"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "force oneself to do something",
      "word": "få seg til"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bring oneself to"
}