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HELP ONESELF

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Dictionary entry overview: What does help oneself mean?

• HELP ONESELF (verb)
The verb HELP ONESELF has 1 sense:

1. abstain from doing; always used with a negative

Familiarity information: HELP ONESELF used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• HELP ONESELF (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Abstain from doing; always used with a negative

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

help oneself; help

Context examples:

I can't help myself--I have to smoke / She could not help watching the sad spectacle

Hypernyms (to "help oneself" is one way to...):

forbear; refrain (resist doing something)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s VERB-ing

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