'V pron refl' - Construction 1
| Name: | the injure oneself construction |
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| Description: | A person harms themselves accidentally. |
| Verbs: | burn, cut, electrocute, hurt, injure, nick, prick, rupture, scratch, lock out |
| Example: | [He] injured himself at last year's Olympics. (BNC) |
| Membership: | action; person; harm |
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