Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb bring_oneself

1 sense of bring oneself

Sense 1
bring oneself -- (cause to undertake a certain action, usually used in the negative; "He could not bring himself to call his parents")
       => coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force -- (to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"; "He squeezed her for information")