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apply oneself
verb as in buckle down
Weak matches
- address
- attend to
- bend
- concentrate on
- dedicate oneself to
- devote oneself to
- exert oneself
- 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 exert
verb as in hit the books
Weak matches
verb as in hustle
verb as in lucubrate
Strong matches
verb as in pursue
verb as in study
Strong matches
verb as in tackle
verb as in work
Example Sentences
Pushing oneself to face up to a challenge, and choosing to go just beyond that difficult circumstance where one has to apply oneself in focused ways, increases brain power.
They knew it 72 was necessary, and here on the very fighting ground itself—in wonderful France—there was a greater incentive to apply oneself to the mastering of the lessons of the war.
To apply oneself to obtain this pleasure is a venial sin and pertains to prudence of the flesh.
One must apply oneself to something or other—God knows what.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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