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which Which verb should be used with self-control?

So I know that one 'losesloses self-control'control, but what if you mean to say that someone is responsible for that? whichWhich verb would be okOK to use? you disturb my self-control? you shake my self-control? you take my self-control? you vex my self-control? i cant

Perhaps:

You disturb my self-control.
You shake my self-control.
You take my self-control.
You vex my self-control.

I can't find any instances of the first or last and only a couple of the second example. iI found a lot of accounts using 'take'take, but because itsit's part of a song so that taints the results really... whatWhat sounds moremost natural?

which verb should be used with self-control?

So I know that one 'loses self-control', but what if you mean to say that someone is responsible for that? which verb would be ok to use? you disturb my self-control? you shake my self-control? you take my self-control? you vex my self-control? i cant find any instances of the first or last and only a couple of the second example. i found a lot of accounts using 'take' but because its part of a song so that taints the results really... what sounds more natural?

Which verb should be used with self-control?

So I know that one loses self-control, but what if you mean to say that someone is responsible for that? Which verb would be OK to use?

Perhaps:

You disturb my self-control.
You shake my self-control.
You take my self-control.
You vex my self-control.

I can't find any instances of the first or last and only a couple of the second example. I found a lot of accounts using take, but it's part of a song so that taints the results. What sounds most natural?

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which verb should be used with self-control?

So I know that one 'loses self-control', but what if you mean to say that someone is responsible for that? which verb would be ok to use? you disturb my self-control? you shake my self-control? you take my self-control? you vex my self-control? i cant find any instances of the first or last and only a couple of the second example. i found a lot of accounts using 'take' but because its part of a song so that taints the results really... what sounds more natural?