The phrase "acquit ourselves" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in the context of demonstrating one's competence or fulfilling a responsibility, often in a challenging situation.
Example: "Despite the difficulties we faced, we managed to acquit ourselves admirably during the project presentation."
Alternatives: "prove ourselves" or "perform well".
"They did that and we didn't acquit ourselves as well as we would have liked.
Overnight, we were intimidated by the thought that the next morning we would have to acquit ourselves honorably at breakfast, which, though more constrained in scope, was nonetheless the most extraordinary first meal of a day we had ever encountered.
The charm of this literary exercise comes with the self-conscious indulging of a fantasy -- the fantasy of every granola-eating good citizen over 40 -- that we can have the thrill of adventure and risk and danger in our lives and that we would acquit ourselves well in conflict with gamblers, goons and crooked cops.
"But we've prepared well and we hope we'll acquit ourselves well on the day".
In the first half we did not acquit ourselves very well.
Sure, new fathers like myself can't give birth or breastfeed, but many of us refuse to plead anatomy and acquit ourselves of child-rearing.
We've played in conditions like these before, if not worse, and acquitted ourselves well.
We've played in conditions like this if not worse before and acquitted ourselves really well.
"At the end of the year we're all still learning as a team, but I think we've acquitted ourselves well.
"We acquitted ourselves well, we found our way into the game after a nervy start and we showed a lot of character and a lot of determination to find our way back in".
"We have played 16 European matches over the last two years and acquitted ourselves very well in all of them," said O'Neill, whose tactical acumen has been hailed as one of the main factors in the side's success.
