"pull oneself together" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-pull oneself together.ogg [Australia] Forms: pulls oneself together [present, singular, third-person], pulling oneself together [participle, present], pulled oneself together [participle, past], pulled oneself together [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} pull oneself together (third-person singular simple present pulls oneself together, present participle pulling oneself together, simple past and past participle pulled oneself together)
  1. (idiomatic, reflexive) To become mentally focused after a period of being unfocused; to regain control of oneself Tags: idiomatic, reflexive Synonyms: pull one's shit together Translations (to become mentally focused after a period of being unfocused): özünü yığışdırmaq (Azerbaijani), идвам на себе си (idvam na sebe si) (Bulgarian), 振作起來 (Chinese Mandarin), 振作起来 (zhènzuò qǐlái) (Chinese Mandarin), 鎮定下來 (Chinese Mandarin), 镇定下来 (zhèndìng xiàlái) (Chinese Mandarin), ryhdistäytyä (Finnish), koota itsensä (Finnish), se ressaisir (French), sich zusammenreißen (German), összeszedi magát (Hungarian), stramma sig af (Icelandic), 気を取り直す (ki o torinaosu) (alt: きをとりなおす) (Japanese), mē recolligō (Latin), brać się w garść (Polish), wziąć się w garść [perfective] (Polish), recompor-se (Portuguese), приходи́ть в себя́ (prixodítʹ v sebjá) [imperfective] (Russian), прийти́ в себя́ (prijtí v sebjá) [perfective] (Russian), собира́ться (sobirátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), собра́ться (sobrátʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), брать себя́ в ру́ки (bratʹ sebjá v rúki) [imperfective] (Russian), взять себя́ в ру́ки (vzjatʹ sebjá v rúki) [perfective] (Russian), recobrar la compostura (Spanish), recomponerse (Spanish), samla sig (Swedish), skärpa sig (Swedish)

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "to become mentally focused after a period of being unfocused",
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      "word": "振作起來"
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      "sense": "to become mentally focused after a period of being unfocused",
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      "sense": "to become mentally focused after a period of being unfocused",
      "word": "sich zusammenreißen"
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      "sense": "to become mentally focused after a period of being unfocused",
      "word": "összeszedi magát"
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      "sense": "to become mentally focused after a period of being unfocused",
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      "sense": "to become mentally focused after a period of being unfocused",
      "word": "気を取り直す"
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      "sense": "to become mentally focused after a period of being unfocused",
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      "sense": "to become mentally focused after a period of being unfocused",
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to become mentally focused after a period of being unfocused",
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      "sense": "to become mentally focused after a period of being unfocused",
      "word": "recompor-se"
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      "roman": "prixodítʹ v sebjá",
      "sense": "to become mentally focused after a period of being unfocused",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "приходи́ть в себя́"
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      "sense": "to become mentally focused after a period of being unfocused",
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      "sense": "to become mentally focused after a period of being unfocused",
      "word": "samla sig"
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