"take it upon oneself" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "takes it upon oneself",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taking it upon oneself",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "took it upon oneself",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taken it upon oneself",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "take<,,took,taken> it upon oneself"
      },
      "expansion": "take it upon oneself (third-person singular simple present takes it upon oneself, present participle taking it upon oneself, simple past took it upon oneself, past participle taken it upon oneself)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (upon)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms with placeholder \"it\"",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "She took it upon herself to manage the project.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "September 8 2022, Stephen Bates, “Queen Elizabeth II obituary”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "The home secretary of the day, the bumptious Sir William Joynson-Hicks, took it upon himself to attend the house, a formality dating from the 17th century to ensure no impostors were substituted, ostensibly to ensure all was well, and he proclaimed the news publicly, even though the government was then in mid-crisis over the forthcoming general strike.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To assume personal responsibility for a task or action."
      ],
      "id": "en-take_it_upon_oneself-en-verb-b7LKuISl",
      "links": [
        [
          "assume",
          "assume"
        ],
        [
          "personal",
          "personal"
        ],
        [
          "responsibility",
          "responsibility"
        ],
        [
          "task",
          "task"
        ],
        [
          "action",
          "action"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To assume personal responsibility for a task or action."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "take upon oneself"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-take it upon oneself.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/78/En-au-take_it_upon_oneself.ogg/En-au-take_it_upon_oneself.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/En-au-take_it_upon_oneself.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "take it upon oneself"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "takes it upon oneself",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taking it upon oneself",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "took it upon oneself",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taken it upon oneself",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "take<,,took,taken> it upon oneself"
      },
      "expansion": "take it upon oneself (third-person singular simple present takes it upon oneself, present participle taking it upon oneself, simple past took it upon oneself, past participle taken it upon oneself)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "take upon oneself"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs with particle (upon)",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with placeholder \"it\"",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "She took it upon herself to manage the project.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "September 8 2022, Stephen Bates, “Queen Elizabeth II obituary”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "The home secretary of the day, the bumptious Sir William Joynson-Hicks, took it upon himself to attend the house, a formality dating from the 17th century to ensure no impostors were substituted, ostensibly to ensure all was well, and he proclaimed the news publicly, even though the government was then in mid-crisis over the forthcoming general strike.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To assume personal responsibility for a task or action."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "assume",
          "assume"
        ],
        [
          "personal",
          "personal"
        ],
        [
          "responsibility",
          "responsibility"
        ],
        [
          "task",
          "task"
        ],
        [
          "action",
          "action"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To assume personal responsibility for a task or action."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-take it upon oneself.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/78/En-au-take_it_upon_oneself.ogg/En-au-take_it_upon_oneself.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/En-au-take_it_upon_oneself.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "take it upon oneself"
}