"handle oneself" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "handles oneself",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "handling oneself",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "handled oneself",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "handled oneself",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "handle oneself (third-person singular simple present handles oneself, present participle handling oneself, simple past and past participle handled oneself)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "surprisingly, the girls handled themselves at the dinner",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to behave"
      ],
      "id": "en-handle_oneself-en-verb-hFt7Blc7",
      "links": [
        [
          "behave",
          "behave"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) to behave"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "he handled himself well under trying circumstances",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to conduct oneself or to perform (in a specified manner)"
      ],
      "id": "en-handle_oneself-en-verb-~CAPR8t0",
      "links": [
        [
          "conduct",
          "conduct"
        ],
        [
          "perform",
          "perform"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) to conduct oneself or to perform (in a specified manner)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "handle oneself"
}

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    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "handles oneself",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "handling oneself",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "handled oneself",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "handled oneself",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "surprisingly, the girls handled themselves at the dinner",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to behave"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "behave",
          "behave"
        ]
      ],
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        "(idiomatic) to behave"
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "he handled himself well under trying circumstances",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to conduct oneself or to perform (in a specified manner)"
      ],
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        [
          "conduct",
          "conduct"
        ],
        [
          "perform",
          "perform"
        ]
      ],
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        "(idiomatic) to conduct oneself or to perform (in a specified manner)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "handle oneself"
}