old self

collocation in English

meaningsofoldandself

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old
adjective
uk
/əʊld/us
/oʊld/
having lived or existed for ...
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self
noun
uk
/self/us
/self/
the set of someone's characteristics, such as personality and ability, that are not physical and make that person different from ...
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(Definition ofoldandselffrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofold self

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The offering of the self means death and deconstruction of theoldself.
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Theoldself-ascriptive labels were never dropped.
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Huge barrack-like buildings are being erected on every hand, and theoldself-contained houses are becoming fewer and fewer.
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We have in fact got right away from theoldself-corrective system.
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It became itsoldselfagain.
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He looked more like hisoldselfin the following game vs.
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Soon, it is the day before the science fair, and he is still his sameoldself.
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We fully expect him to be back to his crankyoldselfsoon, but he is not ready to return to work at this point.
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People who use observer perspective to remember theiroldselftend to believe that they are less likely to revert to theiroldself.
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Ren realises that she is not cut out for the fashion industry and goes back to heroldself.
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He is just hisoldself, and looks as he did in the days of long ago.
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After an accident, he was back to hisoldselfagain.
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This knocks him down and causes him to revert to hisoldself.
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Then, through goal redirection, the client is challenged to release his/heroldselfand open a new self and live by these new values.
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There's always the possibility he will revert back to hisoldself.
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Initially brutish and overweight, the character later evolved into a sleeker, more athletic version of hisoldself.
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She tries to maintain the pretense that she had changed, but it doesn't take long before she returns to heroldself.
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