Idiom
handle oneself
Meaning
to behave
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“You need to learn how to handle yourself in public.”
“He was nervous about the formal dinner, but he managed to handle himself with grace.”
“Even when faced with intense criticism from the board, she handled herself with such poise that she earned their immediate respect.”
Examples
simple
“You need to learn how to handle yourself in public.”
contextual
“He was nervous about the formal dinner, but he managed to handle himself with grace.”
complex
“Even when faced with intense criticism from the board, she handled herself with such poise that she earned their immediate respect.”
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