pulled oneself together

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Definition of pulled oneself together in English English dictionary
pull oneself together: To become mentally focused after a period of being unfocused
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.
pulled together: Simple past tense and past participle of pull together
pull oneself together: {f} regain one's self-control; get organized; pull onself together; clean up one's act

pulled oneself together

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pulled one·self to·geth·er

pûld wʌnself tıgedhır

/ˈpo͝old ˌwənˈself təˈgeᴛʜər/ /ˈpʊld ˌwʌnˈsɛlf təˈɡɛðɜr/

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