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"pulling himself together" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It means to regain control of one's emotions or thoughts, to become calm and composed again. Example: After receiving the devastating news, John took a few moments to pull himself together before addressing the press.
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Pulling himself together, he won the first trick with dummy's heart queen.
Then, pulling himself together, he adds: "We're fed up, we want it all to explode, once and for all".
During the greatest disaster Haiti has ever faced, its president has seemed incapable of pulling himself together, much less this deeply divided society.
Just as the United manager was pulling himself together after his own crazed celebrations, he snatched an incredulous glance at his assistant.
They are, of course, star-crossed, for no more obvious reason than that Sul seems incapable of pulling himself together and proposing to Shumul.
Anyway, he says, pulling himself together, there are so many different thing he wants to do, not least a book on Somalia.
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Then he pulls himself together.
But then he pulled himself together.
Why didn't he pull himself together?
Eventually Troicki pulls himself together.
Cohen had to pull himself together.
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