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surround yourself with something

choose to be around people or things

To surround yourself with people or things means to deliberately keep them around you in your daily life.

B1 common speech & writing

expression

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Why did you join that speaking club?

I wanted to surround myself with people who enjoy using English.

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I try to surround myself with people who make me feel calm and motivated.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: I surround ‸ with supportive friends.

Say: I surround myself with supportive friends.

This expression needs a reflexive pronoun after "surround": myself, yourself, himself, herself, or themselves.

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How it fits in a sentence.

surround yourself with people; surround yourself with positive things

Your turn: say it out loud

I try to surround myself with people who make me feel calm and motivated.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

surround yourself with something

choose to be around people or things

“I try to surround myself with people who make me feel calm and motivated.”

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