- abandon yourself to something
- literary
to feel an emotion so strongly that you do not think about anything else
She abandoned herself to grief.
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abandon yourself to something
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abandon yourself to something — literary phrase to feel an emotion so strongly that you do not think about anything else She abandoned herself to grief. Thesaurus: to feel an emotionsynonym Main entry: abandon … Useful english dictionary
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