| 单词 | to come into one's own |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto come into one's own 6. to come into one's own: to receive what is due to one; to come into one's inheritance. Also figurative: to achieve due recognition, be properly esteemed; to fulfil one's potential. ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > entering on possession > enter upon possession [verb (intransitive)] enter1392 to come into one's own1861 1861 C. Reade Cloister & Hearth IV. xxiv. 262 She is not so poor now as she was; and never fell riches to a better hand; and she is only come into her own for that matter. 1884 Sir W. Besant Dorothy Forster I. vi. 144 Six years had passed since he came into his own, which was now, alas! to be taken from him. 1912 T. Dreiser Financier vii. 71 The ready-made shoe—machine-made to a certain extent—was just coming into its own. 1936 Discovery July 222 Electrical instruments will not come into their own until a large repertory of music has been composed specially for them. 1988 A. Desai Baumgartner's Bombay iv. 115 With it went an authoritarianism that really came into its own, really triumphed. < as lemmas |
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