to do oneself down
61keep one's head down — To avoid attracting attention to oneself • • • Main Entry: ↑keep * * * remain inconspicuous in difficult or dangerous times …
62to oneself(1) — {adv. phr.} 1. Silently; in the thoughts; without making a sign that others can see; secretly. * /Tom thought to himself that he could win./ * /Mary said to herself that Joan was prettier than Ann./ * /Bill laughed to himself when John fell… …
63to oneself(1) — {adv. phr.} 1. Silently; in the thoughts; without making a sign that others can see; secretly. * /Tom thought to himself that he could win./ * /Mary said to herself that Joan was prettier than Ann./ * /Bill laughed to himself when John fell… …
64knuckle down — intransitive verb Date: circa 1864 to apply oneself earnestly …
65hunker down — verb a) To take shelter; to prepare oneself for some eventuality; to focus on a task. b) To stubbornly hold to a position …
66sort oneself out — verb a) To organize or solve ones personal problems. John took a week off work to sort himself out. b) To calm down emotionally. Give me a few minutes to sort myself out and Ill be with you …
67Let one's hair down — behave in an informal, relaxed, or uninhibited manner; abandon oneself to pleasure …
68let one's hair down — Australian Slang behave in an informal, relaxed, or uninhibited manner; abandon oneself to pleasure …
69to\ oneself — I. adv. phr. 1. Silently; in the thoughts; without making a sign that others can see; secretly. Tom thought to himself that he could win. Mary said to herself that Joan was prettier than Ann. Bill laughed to himself when John fell down. 2.… …
70break it down — vb British to enjoy oneself, act boisterously. A vogue term among teenagers and devo tees of dancefloor and acid house culture from the end of the 1980s. The term, perhaps American in origin, was also recorded in use among North London schoolboys …
