exert oneself

Put oneself to strenuous effort, as in We exerted ourselves mightily to raise funds. [First half of 1700s]

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Posie	PO-zee	English
Sabryna	sə-BREEN-ə	English (Rare)
Tisha	TISH-ə	English, African American
Colin	['kɔlin]
Iskra	-	Bulgarian, Macedonian, Croatian, Serbian
Ji-Woo	jee-oo	Korean