own person

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your own person (spoken)

not very much influenced by other people Scott is his own person, and he does what he wants to do.

Usage notes: also used with man or woman instead of person: Ben remains refreshingly his own man. Beth was her own woman, even back in high school.

Related vocabulary: do your own thing

See also: person

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For the medium being the same, and the objects the same, the poet may imitate by narration--in which case he can either take another personality as Homer does, or speak in his own person, unchanged--or he may present all his characters as living and moving before us. The Poetics of Aristotle by Aristotle View in context When the writer of these introductory lines (Walter Hartright by name) happens to be more closely connected than others with the incidents to be recorded, he will describe them in his own person. The Woman in White by Collins, Wilkie View in context The precipitating manner in which Captain Ahab had quitted the Samuel Enderby of London, had not been unattended with some small violence to his own person. Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context			over the long haul over the long term over the moon over the short haul over the short term over the top over the wall over-egg the pudding overboard overdo it overdose overdrive overflow overflow into overflow with overplay hand overstep overstep bounds overstep the mark owe owe a debt of gratitude owe it to to owing to owl own man own person own woman own worst enemy pace pace around pace back and forth pack pack a punch pack a wallop pack away pack bags pack down pack in pack into pack it in pack like sardines pack of lies pack off pack them in pack together pack up package package deal packed packed like sardines pad			Own Brand Labeler Own Brand Management Own Brand Manufacturing own brands own coding Own Credit Risk own exclusively own flesh and blood Own Flipping Program Own Foreign Office Own foreign offices Own Funds at Book Value own goal own goal own goals Own House and Car Own Jamming Excision own kind own kind Own Label Supply own life own life own life own life own man Own Occupation Own Occupation Policies Own Occupation Policy Own Order Book Download own person Own Point Code own recognizance own recognizance own right Own Risk and Solvency Assessment Own Ship Own Ship Motion Sensor Own Ship Reference Point Own Ship's Course Own Side Fire Own Side Fire Own Side Fire Own Side Fire Own Station Position Report Own Unit Support own up own up Own Use Gas own woman own worst enemy Own Your Telephone Own Your Wagon Scheme own-brand Own-goal Own-Occupation Own-Occupation Policies Own-occupation policy Own-Ship Course Own-ship Display Assistant

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