throw oneself
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“The faith to throw oneself over the highest bar,” Swinton said of Miller’s long-gesticulating endeavor.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 18, 2022
I wanted to throw myself on a bed and cry about being so hungry and about everything else, but these were not beds onto which one could throw oneself.
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
The only thing that was to be done was to throw oneself down upon his face, draw his blankets around him, and ride it out, sleeping.
From Frontier service during the rebellion or, A history of Company K, First Infantry, California Volunteers by George H. Pettis
There's no necessity to throw oneself open-armed into the embrace of either party.
From Philistia by Grant Allen
As well might one, to escape the flood, throw oneself into the rising ravening torrent.
From The Schemes of the Kaiser by Juliette Adam
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