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of own accord

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of one's own accord and of one's own free will
by one's own choice, without coercion. I wish that Sally would choose to do it of her own accord. I'll have to order her to do it because she won't do it of her own free will.
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of your own accord
if you do something of your own accord, you do it without being asked to do it She left of her own accord. I didn't tell her to go.
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of somebody's/something's own accord
without being asked or forced to My mother thought something was wrong when I cleaned up my room of my own accord. My legs seemed to move of their own accord.
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