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The following 60 entries include the term one's own.
in the comfort of one's own home
idiom: at home
into one's own pockets
idiom: so as to take money for oneself
know one's own heart/mind
idiom: to be sure of what one wants, likes, thinks, etc.
lead one's own life
idiom: to make one's own decisions about one's life
make (something) one's own
idiom: to adapt (something) to oneself so that it belongs to oneself
not know one's own strength
idiom: to not realize how strong one really is
of one's own accord
idiom—used to indicate that someone does something because he or she wants to, not because someone has asked the person or forced him or her to do it
of one's own making
idiom: caused by one's own actions
of one's own volition
idiom: because one wants to : voluntarily, willingly
on one's own authority
idiom: with the power or right (to do something)
on one's own merits
idiom: according to one's skills and one's good and bad qualities
on one's own responsibility
idiom: without being told and thus willing to accept blame for a bad result
on one's own time
idiom: the time during which a company is not paying a worker
out of one's own pocket
idiom: using one's own money
plough one's own furrow
idiom: to do something that is different from what other people do
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