Usually means: Manage or conduct oneself effectively.
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  1. handle oneself: Merriam-Webster
  2. handle oneself: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. handle oneself: Wiktionary

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▸ verb:  (idiomatic) to behave
▸ verb:  (idiomatic) to conduct oneself or to perform (in a specified manner)

Similar:
bear oneself, carry oneself, behave oneself, behave, deal, bear, carry, abear, deal with, handle, more...

Opposite:
mismanage, mishandle, bungle, botch, fumble

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Similar:
bear oneself, carry oneself, behave oneself, behave, deal, bear, carry, abear, deal with, handle, more...

Opposite:
mismanage, mishandle, bungle, botch, fumble



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