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decide for oneself

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Definition of decide for oneself

—used to say that a person is the only one who can make a decision about something that directly affects him or her
  • You have to decide for yourself how you want to spend the evening.

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decide play

  1. : to make a final choice or judgment about

  2. : to select as a course of action

  3. : to infer on the basis of evidence : conclude

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oneself play

  1. : a person's self : one's own self

  2. : one's normal, healthy, or sane condition or self

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