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exert oneself
verb as in attempt
verb as in bother
verb as in buckle down
Weak matches
- address
- apply oneself
- attend to
- bend
- concentrate on
- dedicate oneself to
- devote oneself to
- get serious
- give
- give oneself over to
- keep close to
- keep one's mind on
- knuckle down
- launch into
- occupy oneself with
- pitch in
- plunge into
- put one's hand to the plow
- put one's nose to the grindstone
- set to
- swing into action
- take the bull by the horns
- throw
- turn
verb as in fight
Strong matches
verb as in go for it
verb as in labor
verb as in moil
verb as in struggle
verb as in try
Strong matches
Example Sentences
Autonomy: The ability to exert oneself independently and have control over one’s actions.
Why exert oneself when tasty news niblets are just a tap and a scroll away?
V, exert oneself, strive. strenge, aj. strict, unfriendly. strīchen, sv.
One should always exert oneself with hopefulness.
A Kshatriya should not, O king, strike one that is fatigued, or one that is frightened, or one that has been disarmed, or one that is weeping, or one that is unwilling to fight, or one that is unequipped with mail and cars and horse and infantry, or one that has ceased to exert oneself in the fight, or one that is ill, or one that cries for quarter, or one that is of tender years, or one that is old.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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