get+for+oneself

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• shift for oneself — {v. phr.} To live or act independently with no help, guidance or protection from others; take care of yourself. * /Mrs. McCarthy was forced to shift for herself after her husband died./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• shift for oneself — {v. phr.} To live or act independently with no help, guidance or protection from others; take care of yourself. * /Mrs. McCarthy was forced to shift for herself after her husband died./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• shift for oneself — COPE, manage, survive, make it, fend for oneself, take care of oneself, make do, get by/along, scrape by/along, muddle through; stand on one s own two feet; informal make out. → shift * * * shift for oneself To depend on one s own resources • • • …   Useful english dictionary

• fend for oneself — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. take care of oneself, stay alive, get along, shift for oneself; see live 4 , subsist , survive 1 …   English dictionary for students

• fish for oneself — 1) to get all one can, to seek one s own profit exclusively 2) to rely on one s own efforts …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• get — [[t]gɛt[/t]] v. got, got got•ten, get•ting, 1) to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a gift; to get a pension[/ex] 2) to cause to be in one s possession or be available for one s use or enjoyment; obtain; acquire: to …   From formal English to slang

• get — [get; ] also, although it is considered nonstandard by some [, git] vt. GOT, gotten, getting: see usage note at GOTTEN got, got [ME geten < ON geta, to get, beget, akin to OE gietan (see BEGET, FORGET), Ger gessen in vergessen, forget < IE… …   English World dictionary

• get something out of one's system — {v. phr.} 1. To eliminate some food item or drug from one s body. * /John will feel much better once he gets the addictive sleeping pills out of his system./ 2. To free oneself of yearning for something in order to liberate oneself from an… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• get something out of one's system — {v. phr.} 1. To eliminate some food item or drug from one s body. * /John will feel much better once he gets the addictive sleeping pills out of his system./ 2. To free oneself of yearning for something in order to liberate oneself from an… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• get a feel for — get a (or the) feel for (or of) familiarize oneself with you can explore to get a feel of the place …   Useful english dictionary

• name (for oneself), get a —  Acquire a reputation (usu. bad) …   A concise dictionary of English slang