I want to make myself clear about the new rules.
make oneself clear
idiomTo have one's meaning fully understood.
The manager spoke slowly to make herself clear during the difficult meeting about the budget cuts.
By repeating his instructions with firm emphasis, the professor ensured he made himself clear to the students before the final examination began.
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adorn oneself with borrowed plumes
To claim the honor of another for oneself.
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apply oneself
Synonym of strive: to work hard, to complete an activity with good effort and focus.
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be oneself
To behave or act naturally, without regard to how this behavior is perceived by others.
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bear oneself
To behave and conduct oneself in a particular manner.
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box oneself into a corner
To create a predicament or problem for oneself; to do something that leaves one with no good alternatives or solutions.
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buy a dog and bark oneself
To do something that one has hired someone else to do.
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cannot make it
Cannot reach satisfactory or expected standards or do something competently; describes someone in a hopeless situation.
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carry oneself
To move, especially emphasizing the manner in which one moves.