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handle oneself

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Verb

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handle oneself (third-person singular simple present handles oneself, present participle handling oneself, simple past and past participle handled oneself)

  1. (idiomatic) to behave
    surprisingly, the girls handled themselves at the dinner
  2. (idiomatic) to conduct oneself or to perform (in a specified manner)
    he handled himself well under trying circumstances