kill oneself

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Verb

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kill oneself (third-person singular simple present kills oneself, present participle killing oneself, simple past and past participle killed oneself)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see kill,‎ oneself.
    You were stupid to try climbing up there. You might have killed yourself.
  2. (informal) To exert oneself to an excessive degree.
    Don't kill yourself raking the leaves now; we're due for a windstorm tonight.
    We just about killed ourselves laughing.

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