Bring Oneself (Verb)
Meaning
Cause to undertake a certain action, usually used in the negative; "He could not bring himself to call his parents".
Classification
Verbs of political and social activities and events.
Examples
- He could not bring himself to call his parents and admit his failure.
- After seeing the accident victim's injuries, the doctor couldn't bring herself to look any further.
- I just couldn't bring myself to say no to the crying little girl's request for help.
- In the end, he couldn't bring himself to break up with his girlfriend on her birthday.
- He couldn't bring himself to forgive his brother for betraying his trust after all those years.