throw oneself

“And where does legitimacy come from? From the people. Therefore, the desire to throw oneself into the people and feel you are supported, it’s the kind of need that arises against the backdrop of a rebellion.”

“The faith to throw oneself over the highest bar,” Swinton said of Miller’s long-gesticulating endeavor.

The explanations for why one might want to throw oneself off a waterfall range from the allure of glory and the promise of wealth, to an escape from desperation.

If one wanted to express a personal aspiration, the only way to do so was to throw oneself into a collective movement such as the Great Leap Forward or the Cultural Revolution.

It suddenly seems like an absurd and dangerous thing to throw oneself into the ocean for fun.