Idiom
redeem oneself
Meaning
To resolve, or make up for, one's previous folly.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He wants to redeem himself after his big mistake.”
“After losing the first game, the captain played perfectly to redeem himself in the final match.”
“The disgraced politician hoped that his years of dedicated charity work would finally allow him to redeem himself in the eyes of the public.”
Examples
simple
“He wants to redeem himself after his big mistake.”
contextual
“After losing the first game, the captain played perfectly to redeem himself in the final match.”
complex
“The disgraced politician hoped that his years of dedicated charity work would finally allow him to redeem himself in the eyes of the public.”
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