have oneself

Enjoy something, as in Be sure to have yourself a good nap, or They were having themselves a great time at the fair. The oneself in this colloquial expression adds emphasis to the verb have.

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It's liberating to have oneself freed from the NFL game schedule.

Tells of a notable fine way, to die happy and to have oneself buried at a small cost Chap. xiii.:

It was terrible to have oneself to apply the match which is to blow one to the winds.

It is a shame that one should only have oneself to talk about; and yet that is all I have; so it shall be short.

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