“one's own life”

The following 4 entries include the term one's own life.

take one's own life

idiomatic phrase

: to kill oneself : to die by suicide

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lead one's own life

idiom

: to make one's own decisions about one's life

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run/live one's own life

idiom

: to make one's own decisions about how to live

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run one's own life

idiom

: to make one's own decisions

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