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give of oneself



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Idioms and Phrases

Give time and energy to an unselfish pursuit. For example, The minister's sermons always emphasize giving of oneself to the less fortunate . [c. 1920]
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He said that such dedication ”demonstrates the most authentic desire that dwells in the heart of man — be near to those who have the most need and give of oneself for them.”

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He said that such dedication ”demonstrates the most authentic desire that dwells in the heart of man - be near to those who have the most need and give of oneself for them.”

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“Women make the world beautiful, they protect it and keep it alive. They bring the grace of renewal, the embrace of inclusion, and the courage to give of oneself,” Pope Francis wrote in light of the global day.

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That’s something I believe, but it’s also something that seems inappropriate, even rude, to say, because Wright’s artistic powers cannot be separated from her deep sense of democracy, her work against boundaries, rankings and exclusions, her insistence that poetry, and society, should become, not a hierarchy or a star system or a way to exalt a singular self, but a way to be generous, to share the powers we get, to give of oneself, to let everybody come in.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

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