"get ahold of oneself" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: gets ahold of oneself [present, singular, third-person], getting ahold of oneself [participle, present], got ahold of oneself [past], got ahold of oneself [UK, participle, past], gotten ahold of oneself [US, participle, past]
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  1. To calm down; to stop behaving in an erratic way. Synonyms: get a grip of oneself Related terms: get ahold of, get ahead of oneself Translations (to calm down): rauhoittua (Finnish), me recolligo (Latin)
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