themselves
A2Frequent NGSL-1UK /ðəmˈselvz/US /ðəmˈselvz/
Meaning
pronoun
used when people or animals performing an action are also affected by it
“They seemed to be enjoying themselves.”
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on their faces and their bodies, and they sit in their chair and they make themselves tiny, and they go like this when they raise their hand.
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