get oneself together

English

Verb

get oneself together (third-person singular simple present gets oneself together, present participle getting oneself together, simple past got oneself together, past participle (UK) got oneself together or (US) gotten oneself together)

1. (idiomatic) Alternative form of pull oneself together
   • 2021, Michael Farris Smith, chapter 25, in Nick, New York, Boston, London: Little, Brown and Company, page 135:

     "My place," he said and he fought to get himself together.

2. (idiomatic) To dress and prepare oneself for an event

   I need to get myself together before we leave.