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be in command (of yourself)
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(Definition of be in command (of yourself) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- Affecting and influencing
- Being based on or depending on something
- Controlling and being in charge
- Freedom to act
- Lack of freedom to act
- Liberating, relaxing and releasing
- Limiting and restricting
- Managing and organizing
- People in charge of or controlling other people
- Power to control
- Range and limits
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Synonyms and related words:
- collect verb (CONTROL)
- constraint noun
- continent adjective
- cut your coat according to your cloth idiom
- decorous adjective
- dignified adjective
- dignity noun
- impervious adjective (PERSON)
- lightly adverb (GENTLY)
- master verb (CONTROL)
- moderation in all things idiom
- moderation noun (REASONABLE LIMITS)
- monastic adjective
- monasticism noun
- pull yourself together phrasal verb
- rise above sth phrasal verb
- self-controlled adjective
- self-denial noun
- self-discipline noun
- self-restraint noun
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