Learn English – Does a native speaker say “recharge oneself”

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If I feel I'm lacking some kind of skills and I'm desperate to learn something, can I say "I need to recharge myself"?

Best Answer

"Recharge myself" is a good phrase, but it has the wrong meaning.

"Recharge my batteries" is perhaps more common than "Recharge myself."

The Oxford dictionary gives "recharge" with no object, -i.e. "I need to recharge," not "I need to recharge myself", as well as "recharge my batteries."

However, the meaning is "I am mentally or physically exhausted and need to take some time out to recover," not "I am lacking some skills and need to learn them."