orient oneself
idiom
: to find out where one is
The hikers stopped to orient themselves by looking at their map.
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Or maybe twenty years is enough time to orient oneself to the band’s unique cosmology.
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Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2022
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Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2022
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“Orient oneself.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/orient%20oneself. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.
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