bring oneself to

English

Verb

bring oneself to (third-person singular simple present brings oneself to, present participle bringing oneself to, simple past and past participle brought oneself to)

To force oneself to do something (usually unpleasant); to gather the courage to do something.
He could not bring himself to ask her.

Translations

force oneself to do something

Danish: få sig selv til
Norwegian:
Bokmål: få seg til (no)

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