have a word with oneself
(UK, idiomatic, informal) To consider one's attitudes or behavior with a view to reform.
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(UK, idiomatic, informal) To consider one's attitudes or behavior with a view to reform.
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- keep oneself to oneself64%
(chiefly, UK) To be introverted; to stay away from others.
- umbethink62%
(reflexive, dialectal, chiefly, Northern England, Scotland) To consider; think about; bethink.
- ourself60%
(reflexive pronoun) : oneself.
- up oneself59%
(UK, Irish, Commonwealth, slang) Smug; arrogant; self-important and self-satisfied.
- let's have it59%
(UK, colloquial) Tell what you have to say.