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do own thing

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do your own thing

to follow your interests, esp. without worrying about what other people think I know artists who won't let anyone or anything interfere with doing their own thing, even if it means not having any money.

Related vocabulary: your own person

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do your own thing

  (informal)

to do exactly what you want without following what other people do or worrying about what they think You have to give your children a certain amount of freedom to do their own thing.

See also: own, thing

do (one's) own thing

Slang

To do what one does best or finds most enjoyable: "I get paid to try cases and to do my thing on trial" (Bruce Cutler).

See also: own, thing