bring oneself to

English

Verb

bring oneself to (third-person singular simple present brings oneself to, present participle bringing oneself to, simple past and past participle brought oneself to)

1. To force oneself to do something (usually unpleasant); to gather the courage to do something.

   He could not bring himself to ask her.

Translations

force oneself to do something

• Danish: få sig selv til
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: få seg til (no)