contain oneself (English, verb)
expansion: contain oneself (third-person singular simple present contains oneself, present participle containing oneself, simple past and past participle contained oneself)
Senses:
glosses: To exercise restraint in the expression one's emotions
tags: reflexive
Forms:
form: contains oneself
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: containing oneself
tags: participle
present
form: contained oneself
tags: participle
past
form: contained oneself
tags: past