paddle your own canoe
informalIf you describe a person as paddling their own canoe, you mean that they are independent and do not need help from anyone else.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Freedom to act
- (as) free as a bird idiom
- at will idiom
- autonomous
- autonomy
- be a law unto yourself idiom
- free hand
- free rein idiom
- free spirit
- free time
- free-form
- hold
- independent
- indie
- liberty
- maverick
- me time
- no holds barred idiom
- no holds barred
- permissive
- volunteer
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