“own sweet time”

The following 2 entries include the term own sweet time.

in one's (own) sweet time

idiom

: as slowly as one wants even though other people want one to act more quickly

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


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