“The beginning of the play was awful, but toward the end of the second part, the lead actor really pulled himself together.” In this sentence, the idiom *pull oneself together* most nearly means:

Flashcard 4 - ESL Reading Skills Flashcard Set for the ACCUPLACER Test

to take control of oneself

The English expression pull yourself together is an informal way to say to get control over yourself and your actions.

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