to compose
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4.7
- verb
- /kəmˈpoʊz/
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componerse
- Now, you just come on over here and sit yourself down and compose yourself until they get here.
Early on, Offred says I wait, I compose myself.
- Early on, Offred says I wait, I compose myself.
- She she goes on and says compose your mind to make way for others, other beings.
- And then took me, took me, I don't know, a minute to sort of like compose myself, get my breath.
- And I didn't, you know, I, I composed myself and I, I handled it the way, you know, anybody put in that situation.
Examples
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The prosecutor kept letting her stop to compose herself, offering her glasses of water.
Fiction book (1992) -
I just need you to keep everything together and compose yourself.
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I was told to compose myself.
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I have to compose myself.
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- Let me compose myself.
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Milord, you must compose yourself.
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Please compose yourself.
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- Now compose yourself.
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Compose yourself, Henri.
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After the shocking news, she took a deep breath and tried to compose herself before speaking.
Synonyms
962
1.0
Make a person or animal less upset
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1.4
To become less angry, excited, or upset
63
3.4
To make someone feel calmer or reduce their pain
Antonyms
How Calm
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Compose in the phrase 'compose yourself' uses the same roots com- ('together') and ponere ('to put') and gives the image of 'putting yourself together'. So to compose yourself is to gather your thoughts and become calm.