take upon oneself
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.54 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "That's an awful lot of work to take upon yourself."
- "Michael Poulin, associate professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo and colleagues showed in their 2017 study that an “imagine others” perspective leads to less stress than an “imagine self” perspective (i.e., walking a mile in someone else’s shoes). “You can think about another person’s feelings without taking those feelings upon yourself,” Poulin said. The distinction is important: Stay in your own shoes while appreciating another’s visual and perceptual perspective."