pulling oneself together

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Definition of pulling 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.
pulling together: Present participle of pull together
pull oneself together: {f} regain one's self-control; get organized; pull onself together; clean up one's act

pulling oneself together

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pulling one·self to·geth·er

pûlîng wʌnself tıgedhır

/ˈpo͝oləɴɢ ˌwənˈself təˈgeᴛʜər/ /ˈpʊlɪŋ ˌwʌnˈsɛlf təˈɡɛðɜr/

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