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paddle own canoe

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paddle one's own canoe

Fig. to do something by oneself; to be alone. I've been left to paddle my own canoe too many times. Sally isn't with us. She's off paddling her own canoe.

See also: canoe, own, paddle

paddle your own canoe

  (informal)

to be independent and not need help from anyone else We hoped that after he left college he'd paddle his own canoe.

See also: canoe, own, paddle