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  • 111speak for itself — if something speaks for itself, it is clearly so good or effective that no additional argument about it is necessary His success as a lawyer speaks for itself …

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  • 112in itself — ► in itself viewed in its essential qualities. Main Entry: ↑itself …

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  • 113thing-in-itself — noun the intellectual conception of a thing as it is in itself, not as it is known through perception • Syn: ↑noumenon • Hypernyms: ↑content, ↑cognitive content, ↑mental object * * * | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ noun ( …

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  • 114for itself — phrasal 1. of a being : capable of functioning especially in the epistemological process purely by relation to itself : self determined 2. of a notion : related to itself or its own manifestations …

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  • 115be simplicity itself — phrase to be very simple This may sound complicated, but rest assured, it is simplicity itself. Thesaurus: easy to do and to be easysynonym straightforward and easy to understandsynonym Main entry: simplicity …

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  • 116manifest itself — phrase to become easy to notice Musical talent usually manifests itself in childhood. Thesaurus: to be, or to become obvious or noticeablesynonym Main entry: manifest …

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  • 117reassert itself — to start to have an effect again after a period of not having an effect Traditional values have reasserted themselves. An earlier pattern may reassert itself. • • • Main Entry: ↑reassert …

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  • 118seed itself — of a plant : to produce new plants from its own seeds This plant spreads quickly because it seeds itself. • • • Main Entry: ↑seed …

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  • 119suggest itself — somewhat formal of an idea, plan, etc. : to be thought of : to seem or become obvious No good solution suggested itself. [=I was unable to think of a good solution] • • • Main Entry: ↑suggest …

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  • 120blow itself out — ˌblow itself ˈout derived when a storm blows itself out, it finally loses its force Main entry: ↑blowderived …

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