You know what it looks like… but what is it called?
TAKE THE QUIZ“oneself out”
The following 4 entries include the term oneself out.
knock oneself out
idiom: to cause oneself to become unconscious
price oneself out of the market
idiom: to make the price of one's services, products, etc., too high so that people stop wanting to pay for them
see oneself out
idiom: to leave a place (such as a building or an enclosed area) without being brought to the place to get out (such as the door or gate)
talk (oneself) out of (something)
phrasal verb: to avoid (something unpleasant or undesirable) by saying things to make other people forgive or excuse one