own person, be one's



own person, be one's

Also, be one's own man or woman . Be independent, be responsible for oneself. For example, We can't tell Jerry what to do-he's his own person. Chaucer used this idiom in Troilus and Cressida: "I am my own woman, well at ease." [Late 1300s]
See also: own

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Janettajə-NET-əEnglish (Rare)
DomenicDAHM-ə-nikEnglish
Newsome['nju:səm]
Osama-Arabic
Yafa-Hebrew
Emmanuel[i'mænjuəl]