free oneself

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Now, when a thought has become an obsession, there is practically only one way to free oneself from it, and that is by speech.

From Antony Gray,—Gardener by Moore, Leslie

One unacquainted with the course of the duties of Emancipation revolves like a wheel between birth and death, unable to free oneself from that fate.

From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan

The very first thing in playing in public is to free oneself of all distrust in one's own powers.

From Violin Mastery Talks with Master Violinists and Teachers by Martens, Frederick Herman

If the perspiration has a disagreeable odor, no effort should be spared to free oneself from what is a serious drawback to the acceptableness of a nurse.

From Making Good on Private Duty by Lounsbery, Harriet Camp

A connection of the heart becomes then a veritable torment, from which it is desirable to free oneself as quickly as possible.

From Life, Letters, and Epicurean Philosophy of Ninon de L'Enclos The Celebrated Beauty of the Seventeenth Century by Overton, William Hassell