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pull oneself together en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (idiomatic, reflexive) To become mentally focused after a period of being unfocused; to regain control of oneself
   • "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. 1910, E. M. Forster, chapter 6, in Howards End:

Forms

Synonyms

pull one's shit together

Translations (32)

ro reveni (to become mentally focused after a period of being unfocused) · ru собира́ться (to become mentally focused after a period of being unfocused) · pl brać się w garść (to become mentally focused after a period of being unfocused) · hu összeszedi magát (to become mentally focused after a period of being unfocused) · is stramma sig af (to become mentally focused after a period of being unfocused) · fr se ressaisir (to become mentally focused after a period of being unfocused) · cmn 鎮定下來 /镇定下来 (to become mentally focused after a period of being unfocused) · es recobrar la compostura (to become mentally focused after a period of being unfocused) · pl ogarnąć się (to become mentally focused after a period of being unfocused) · pl ogarniać się (to become mentally focused after a period of being unfocused) · sv skärpa sig (to become mentally focused after a period of being unfocused) · fi ryhdistäytyä (to become mentally focused after a period of being unfocused) · pl wziąć się w garść (to become mentally focused after a period of being unfocused) · ru брать себя́ в ру́ки (to become mentally focused after a period of being unfocused) · ro aduna (to become mentally focused after a period of being unfocused) · ru прийти́ в себя́ (to become mentally focused after a period of being unfocused) · it ricomporsi (to become mentally focused after a period of being unfocused) · ja 気を取り直す (to become mentally focused after a period of being unfocused) · ru собра́ться (to become mentally focused after a period of being unfocused) · fr se reprendre en main (to become mentally focused after a period of being unfocused) · de sich zusammenreißen (to become mentally focused after a period of being unfocused) · la mē recolligō (to become mentally focused after a period of being unfocused) · cmn 振作起來 /振作起来 (to become mentally focused after a period of being unfocused) · es recomponerse (to become mentally focused after a period of being unfocused) · sv samla sig (to become mentally focused after a period of being unfocused) · ru взять себя́ в ру́ки (to become mentally focused after a period of being unfocused) · bg идвам на себе си (to become mentally focused after a period of being unfocused) · az özünü yığışdırmaq (to become mentally focused after a period of being unfocused) · ru приходи́ть в себя́ (to become mentally focused after a period of being unfocused) · fi koota itsensä (to become mentally focused after a period of being unfocused) · pt recompor-se (to become mentally focused after a period of being unfocused) · es hacer de tripas corazón (to become mentally focused after a period of being unfocused)