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occupy oneself

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by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates

[occupy oneself] {v. phr.}

To make oneself busy with.

* /Having retired from business, he now occupies himself with his stamp collection./

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	{v. phr.} ²¹⁸²

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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