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TAKE THE QUIZ“one's own”
The following 60 entries include the term one's own.
run/live one's own life
idiom: to make one's own decisions about how to live
run one's own life
idiom: to make one's own decisions
seed/seeds of one's own destruction
idiom: something that eventually causes one to fail, be destroyed, be ruined, etc.
set one's own house in order
idiom: to correct the way one does things
sign one's own death warrant
idiom: to do something that will cause one's own death
stand on one's own two feet
idiom: to support oneself without help from other people
stew in one's own juice/juices
idiom: to worry and suffer because of something that one did
take matters into one's own hands
idiom: to do something oneself instead of waiting for other people to do something
take one's own life
idiom: to kill oneself : to commit suicide
take one's (own) sweet time
idiom: to do something as slowly as one wants even though other people want one to act more quickly
take (something) into one's (own) hands
idiom: to take control of something : seek to do something that is the responsibility of others
take the law into one's own hands
idiom: to try to punish someone for breaking a law even though one does not have the right to do that
to call one's own
idiom—used to say that something belongs only to oneself
toot one's own horn
idiom: to talk about oneself or one's achievements especially in a way that shows pride or too much pride
under one's own power
idiom: using one's own energy : without outside assistance
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