Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb help_oneself
1 sense of help oneself
Sense 1
help oneself, help -- (abstain from doing; always used with a negative; "I can't help myself--I have to smoke"; "She could not help watching the sad spectacle")
=> refrain, forbear -- (resist doing something; "He refrained from hitting him back"; "she could not forbear weeping")