"forget oneself" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-forget oneself.ogg [Australia] Forms: forgets oneself [present, singular, third-person], forgetting oneself [participle, present], forgot oneself [past], forgotten oneself [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|forget<,++,forgot,forgotten> oneself}} forget oneself (third-person singular simple present forgets oneself, present participle forgetting oneself, simple past forgot oneself, past participle forgotten oneself)
  1. (idiomatic) to lose one's dignity, temper, or self-control. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-forget_oneself-en-verb-vMz6XY39
  2. To become unmindful of one's own personality; to be lost in thought.
    Sense id: en-forget_oneself-en-verb-dTEf1chD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 89

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