forget oneself

Idioms  

1. Lose one's reserve, temper, or self-restraint; do or say something out of keeping with one's position or character. For example, A teacher should never forget herself and shout at the class. Shakespeare used it in Richard II (3:2): “I had forgot myself: am I not king?” [Late 1500s]

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forget oneself

Active strategies may be the best response to those emotions, not to take care of oneself but to forget oneself in responding to the larger crises.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 13, 2018

I mean the ability to forget oneself sufficiently so that the ball flows smoothly from the arm and hand and makes its true way to the waiting glove.

From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2017

All these candidates forget that the surest manner to reach the White House is not to think of it—to forget oneself and to act.

From Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 by Adam G. de Gurowski, Count

The true first love is only that man or woman who can cause one to forget oneself.

From When Dreams Come True by William Merritt Berger

And this only is true service—to forget oneself in love towards all, to lose oneself in working for the whole.

From The Way of Peace by James Allen

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