to be a law unto oneself
1law unto oneself — {n. phr.}, {literary} A person who does only what he wishes; a person who ignores or breaks the law when he doesn t like it. * /Everybody in Germany feared Hitler because he was a law unto himself./ * /Mr. Brown told Johnny that he must stop… …
2law unto oneself — {n. phr.}, {literary} A person who does only what he wishes; a person who ignores or breaks the law when he doesn t like it. * /Everybody in Germany feared Hitler because he was a law unto himself./ * /Mr. Brown told Johnny that he must stop… …
3law\ unto\ oneself — n. phr. literary A person who does only what he wishes; a person who ignores or breaks the law when he doesn t like it. Everybody in Germany feared Hitler because he was a law unto himself. Mr. Brown told Johnny that he must stop trying to be a… …
4be a law unto oneself — ► be a law unto oneself behave in an unconventional or unpredictable manner. Main Entry: ↑law …
5be a law unto oneself — ● law * * * behave in a manner that is not conventional or predictable …
6be a law unto oneself — do what one wants, be ruled by no one …
7be law unto oneself — using one s own ideas and beliefs as guidelines for behavior …
8be a law unto oneself — behave in an unconventional or unpredictable manner. → lavish something on …
9law — ► NOUN 1) a rule or system of rules recognized by a country or community as regulating the actions of its members and enforced by the imposition of penalties. 2) such rules as a subject of study or as the basis of the legal profession. 3) statute …
10be a law to or unto oneself — idi be a law to or unto oneself, to act independently or unconventionally, esp. without regard for established mores …
