单词 | to run one's own show |
释义 | > as lemmasto run one's own show (b) to run one's own show: to be independent; to be free from the influence or authority of others. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > independence > be independent [verb (intransitive)] to have one's own rulea1393 to be one's own man (also woman, person)a1425 to be one's own master?1510 to stand on one's own bottom1564 to sit loose1591 independa1657 to paddle one's own canoe1828 to go it alone1842 to run one's own show1892 to go one's (own) gait1922 1892 Goshen (Indiana) Weekly News 1 Apr. The state central prohibition committee decided Friday not to merge into the third party movement and will run their own show. 1921 Scotsman 3 Dec. 11/3 Unless the localities took up the work voluntarily and ran their own show it was not much good to run it through a central body. 1969 New Yorker 12 Apr. 115 The astronauts..like to think they are running their own show. 2014 F. Dawkins Family Entrepeneur v. 56 I like running my own show, doing things the way I feel they should be done. < as lemmas |
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