surrender yourself to something

surrender yourself to something
surˈrender to sth | surˈrender yourself to sth derived
(formal) to stop trying to prevent yourself from having a feeling, habit, etc. and allow it to control what you do

He finally surrendered to his craving for drugs.

She surrendered herself to sleep.

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