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1help oneself to — index assume (seize), hijack, impropriate, occupy (take possession), pirate (reproduce without authorization), procure …
2help oneself — verb abstain from doing; always used with a negative I can t help myself I have to smoke She could not help watching the sad spectacle • Syn: ↑help • Hypernyms: ↑refrain, ↑forbear • Verb Frames …
3help oneself — verb To take something freely; to serve oneself without restraint. He said I could help myself to the chocolates …
4help oneself to — idi a) to serve oneself with: Help yourself to the cake[/ex] b) to take or use without asking permission; appropriate …
5help oneself — {v. phr.} To take what you want; take rather than ask or wail to be given. * /Help yourself to another piece of pie./ * /John helped himself to some candy without asking./ …
6help oneself — {v. phr.} To take what you want; take rather than ask or wail to be given. * /Help yourself to another piece of pie./ * /John helped himself to some candy without asking./ …
7help\ oneself — v. phr. To take what you want; take rather than ask or wail to be given. Help yourself to another piece of pie. John helped himself to some candy without asking …
8help oneself — take something without permission. → help …
9help oneself to — STEAL, take, appropriate, ‘borrow’, ‘liberate’, pocket, purloin, commandeer; informal swipe, nab, filch, snaffle, walk off with, run off with; Brit. informal nick, pinch, whip, knock off. → help …
10help oneself to — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. take, grab, pick, pick up; see appropriate , seize 1 , 2 , steal …
