let oneself go
Example Sentences
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“One mustn’t let oneself go soft. The day you just sit in your armchair and stop moving, you’re screwed.”
From Reuters ● Oct. 26, 2018
So wrong to let oneself go to happiness for those few moments that one should immediately be punished?
From Fr?ulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther by Elizabeth von Arnim
I consider that one should not let oneself go, but should keep up appearances on all occasions.”
From Royal Highness by Thomas Mann
“I consider as a general rule,” he answered quietly, “that it is not right to let oneself go and to make oneself at home, but that self-restraint should always be exercised, whatever the circumstances.”
From Royal Highness by Thomas Mann
Then there would be a boom, and one might let oneself go a little.
From Five Tales by John Galsworthy
