bring oneself
idiom
: to force oneself to do something that one does not want to do
—usually used in negative statements
He knew that he should apologize, but he couldn't bring himself to do it.
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“Bring oneself.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bring%20oneself. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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