'V pron refl' - Construction 12
| Name: | the absent oneself construction |
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| Description: | A person makes a change to their location. |
| Verbs: | absent, hide, isolate, uproot, lock away, shut away, shut off |
| Example: | He seemed to be deliberately absenting himself… (BNC) |
| Membership: | action; person; change |
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