"Damn, damn, damnation!" he murmured, together with such other words as he had learnt from older men. Then he raised his hand to his forehead and said, "Oh, damn it all—" which meant something different. He pulled himself together. He drank a little tea, black and silent, that still survived upon an upper shelf. He swallowed some dusty crumbs of cake. Then he went back to the sitting-room, settled himself anew, and began to read a volume of Ruskin.
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pull oneself together — {v. phr.} To become calm after being excited or disturbed; recover self command; control yourself. * /It had been a disturbing moment, but he was able to pull himself together./ … Dictionary of American idioms
pull oneself together — {v. phr.} To become calm after being excited or disturbed; recover self command; control yourself. * /It had been a disturbing moment, but he was able to pull himself together./ … Dictionary of American idioms
pull oneself together — ► pull oneself together regain one s self control. Main Entry: ↑pull … English terms dictionary
pull oneself together — REGAIN ONE S COMPOSURE, recover, get a grip on oneself, get over it; informal snap out of it, get one s act together, buck up. → pull * * * phrasal : to regain one s self possession : collect one s faculties it took some time for him to recover… … Useful english dictionary
pull oneself together — • to take oneself in hand • to pull oneself together (from Idioms in Speech) to contain oneself Quickly I took myself in hand and, with a glance at the weather, decided on a short walk. (A. Cronin) For the moment Jan could not remember where she… … Idioms and examples
pull oneself together — it s just a movie, pull yourself together Syn: regain one s composure, recover, get a grip on oneself, get over it; informal snap out of it, get one s act together, buck up … Thesaurus of popular words
pull\ oneself\ together — v. phr. To become calm after being excited or disturbed; recover self command; control yourself. It had been a disturbing moment, but he was able to pull himself together … Словарь американских идиом
pull oneself together — v. regain one s self control; get organized; pull onself together; clean up one s act … English contemporary dictionary
pull oneself together — recover control of one s emotions. → pull … English new terms dictionary
pull oneself together — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. recover, revive, compose oneself, get on one s feet*; see improve 2 … English dictionary for students
