on my own

  • 71own — See: COME INTO ONE S OWN, DOSE OF ONE S OWN MEDICINE, HOLD ONE S OWN, IN A WORLD OF ONE S OWN, KEEP ONE S OWN COUNSEL, OF ONE S OWN ACCORD or OF ONE S OWN FREE WILL, ON ONE S OWN ACCOUNT or ON ONE S OWN HOOK, ON ONE S OWN TIME, SIGN ONE S OWN… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 72own — See: come into one s own, dose of one s own medicine, hold one s own, in a world of one s own, keep one s own counsel, of one s own accord or of one s own free will, on one s own account or on one s own hook, on one s own time, sign one s own… …

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  • 73own — n. and pronoun 1) to hold one s own ( to continue to survive ) 2) to come into one s own ( to receive recognition ) 3) on one s own ( independently ) 4) of one s own (for reasons of one s own) ( for one s own reasons ) * * * [əʊn] of one s own (… …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 74own — dis·own; dis·own·ment; land·own·er; land·own·er·ship; own; own·er; own·er·less; own·er·ship; own·hood; own·ness; …

    English syllables

  • 75own up — verb admit or acknowledge a wrongdoing or error the writer of the anonymous letter owned up after they identified his handwriting • Syn: ↑make a clean breast of, ↑fess up • Hypernyms: ↑concede, ↑profess, ↑confess …

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  • 76own — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English owen, from Old English āgen; akin to Old High German eigan own, Old Norse eiginn, Old English āgan to possess more at owe Date: before 12th century 1. belonging to oneself or itself usually used following a… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 77own — {{11}}own (adj.) O.E. agen one s own, lit. possessed by, from P.Gmc. *aigana possessed, owned (Cf. O.S. egan, O.Fris. egin, O.N. eiginn, Du. eigen, Ger. eigen own ), from pp. of PIE *aik to be master of, possess, source of O.E …

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  • 78own — [[t]oʊn[/t]] adj. 1) of, pertaining to, or belonging to oneself or itself (usu. used after a possessive to emphasize the idea of ownership, interest, or relation conveyed by the possessive): He spent only his own money[/ex] 2) (used as an… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 79own, my —    ‘What delight the words gave her,’ says Charlotte Yonge of her heroine, in The Heir of Redclyffe, when she is addressed by the man she loves as ‘my own’.    ‘Own’ has long been used as an element in affectionate terms of address, emphasizing… …

    A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

  • 80own — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} verb ADVERB ▪ independently ▪ formerly, once, originally, previously ▪ The car was once owned by Elvis Presley. ▪ leg …

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