self-handicap (English, verb)
expansion: self-handicap (third-person singular simple present self-handicaps, present participle self-handicapping, simple past and past participle self-handicapped)
Senses:
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: To avoid making an effort, or to introduce deliberate obstacles to one's success, so as to prevent potential failure from hurting one's self-esteem.
tags: intransitive
Forms:
form: self-handicaps
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: self-handicapping
tags: participle
present
form: self-handicapped
tags: participle
past
form: self-handicapped
tags: past