1. abstain from doing; always used with a negative; - Example: "I can't help myself--I have to smoke" - Example: "She could not help watching the sad spectacle" [syn: help oneself, help]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
help oneself
v 1: abstain from doing; always used with a negative; "I can't
help myself--I have to smoke"; "She could not help watching
the sad spectacle" [syn: help oneself, help]