do yourself an injury

do yourself an injury
do yourself an injury british spoken phrase
to hurt yourself without meaning to
Thesaurus: to injure yourself or someone elsesynonym
Main entry: injury

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do yourself an injury
chiefly Brit : to hurt yourself : to become injured because of your own actions

If you keep on lifting those heavy weights, you'll do yourself an injury.

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Main Entry:injury

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