self up

[e2e4]

He's tried to self up.

Does it mean he tried to kill himself?

Thanks

[Barb_D]

Are you sure you have that quoted exactly right?

[e2e4]

No I am not sure.
I've "heard" it from an American movie.
A guy took a lot of pills so as to make a suicide.
I think, another one reported that he had taken a lot of pills by saying "He tried to self up".

It might mean that he tried to help himself for ever. I mean to kill himself so as not to suffer any more.
Anyway "phrasal verb self up" doesn't sound too bad to my learner ear.

[bhaisahab]

No I am not sure.
I've "heard" it from an American movie.
A guy took a lot of pills so as to make a suicide.
I think, another one reported that he had taken a lot of pills by saying "He tried to self up".

It might mean that he tried to help himself for ever. I mean to kill himself so as not to suffer any more.
Anyway "phrasal verb self up" doesn't sound too bad to my learner ear.

I have never heard "to self up". I can't imagine what it means.

[Barb_D]

Me neither.

[Munch]

My best guess is that you misheard the phrase "self-harm".

[Barb_D]

Was there a bleeped out part? I wonder if it could have been "tried to eff himself up" and the bleep took out the eff word and the him?

[Raymott]

"He tried to off himself" is sometime used to mean "he attempted suicide".