on one's own en · ADP
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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Unaided; without assistance or help from others.
After Bridge of Orchy, the line climbs steeply into the wild country of Rannoch Moor. The railway builders chose a different route across the moor from the road - we are completely on our own up here.
2023 November 29, Paul Clifton, “West is best in the Highlands”, in RAIL, number 997, page 39:They may adamantly reject help and insist that they can manage on their own.
2008, Barbara M. Newman, Philip R. Newman, Development Through Life: A Psychosocial Approach, page 215:A seven-year-old can get dressed on his own, but it might take a long time.
Private operators, for the most part have done an admirable job of keeping these aging aircraft flying, but FAA has essentially said, “It’s public-use aircraft. You’re on your own.”
2004 May 13, James B. Hull, Oversight Hearing on Firefighting Preparedness:1966, Vicki Wickham, Simon Napier-Bell (English lyrics), Dusty Springfield (vocalist), You Don't Have to Say You Love Me, 1965, Pino Donaggio, Vito Pallavicini, Io che non vivo (senza te), Don't you see / That now you've gone, / And I'm left here on my own, / I will have to follow you / And beg you to come home.
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Alone, without another's immediate company.
I love cheese on toast, but I won't eat cheese on its own.
There's a club if you'd like to go / You could meet somebody who really loves you / So you go and you stand on your own / And you leave on your own / And you go home and you cry / And you want to die
1985 January 28, Morrissey, Johnny Marr, “How Soon Is Now?”, Morrissey (lyrics), performed by the Smiths, England:
Synonyms
on one's bill · on one's tod · by oneself
Translations (69)
de von alleine (unaided; without assistance or help from others) · fi itsekseen (unaided; without assistance or help from others) · fi omillaan (unaided; without assistance or help from others) · hu magától (unaided; without assistance or help from others) · ja 一人で (unaided; without assistance or help from others) · ja 自身で (unaided; without assistance or help from others) · uk самі́ (unaided; without assistance or help from others) · uk сама́ (unaided; without assistance or help from others) · be сам (unaided; without assistance or help from others) · pl samodzielnie (unaided; without assistance or help from others) · fr tout seul (unaided; without assistance or help from others) · af vanself (unaided; without assistance or help from others) · hu egyedül (unaided; without assistance or help from others) · hu magában (unaided; without assistance or help from others) · uk сам (unaided; without assistance or help from others) · de von selbst (unaided; without assistance or help from others) · ru оди́н (unaided; without assistance or help from others) · de auf sich selbst gestellt (unaided; without assistance or help from others) · hu egymagában (unaided; without assistance or help from others) · ru са́ми (unaided; without assistance or help from others) · fi omatoimisesti (unaided; without assistance or help from others) · uk сами́ (unaided; without assistance or help from others) · pl na własną rękę (unaided; without assistance or help from others) · ar بِمُفْرَدِي (unaided; without assistance or help from others) · gl por si mesmo (unaided; without assistance or help from others) · ru одни́ (unaided; without assistance or help from others) · af self (unaided; without assistance or help from others) · et ise (unaided; without assistance or help from others) · pon pein (unaided; without assistance or help from others) · ru сама́ (unaided; without assistance or help from others) · el μόνος μου (unaided; without assistance or help from others) · mhr шке (unaided; without assistance or help from others) · ko 스스로 (unaided; without assistance or help from others) · de selbst (unaided; without assistance or help from others) · be сама́ (unaided; without assistance or help from others) · es a solas (without company) · gl de seu (unaided; without assistance or help from others) · ru самостоя́тельно (unaided; without assistance or help from others) · ml സ്വയം (unaided; without assistance or help from others) · cmn 自己 (unaided; without assistance or help from others) · ru сам (unaided; without assistance or help from others) · ja 自分で (unaided; without assistance or help from others) · cmn 獨立地 /独立地 (unaided; without assistance or help from others) · de selber (unaided; without assistance or help from others) · nl op eigen houtje (unaided; without assistance or help from others) · he בְּעַצְמוֹ (unaided; without assistance or help from others) · uk само́ (unaided; without assistance or help from others) · be самі́ (unaided; without assistance or help from others) · es a solas (unaided; without assistance or help from others) · fi itse (unaided; without assistance or help from others) · eo sole (unaided; without assistance or help from others) · es a sus solas (without company) · ko 자기 (unaided; without assistance or help from others) · uk самості́йно (unaided; without assistance or help from others) · ko 자신이 (unaided; without assistance or help from others) · cmn 靠……自己 (unaided; without assistance or help from others) · ru одна́ (unaided; without assistance or help from others) · de allein (unaided; without assistance or help from others) · he מֵאֵלָיו (unaided; without assistance or help from others) · be самасто́йна (unaided; without assistance or help from others) · fr par ses propres moyens (unaided; without assistance or help from others) · ko 혼자 (unaided; without assistance or help from others) · de alleine (unaided; without assistance or help from others) · be само́ (unaided; without assistance or help from others) · fr par soi-même (unaided; without assistance or help from others) · es a sus solas (unaided; without assistance or help from others) · et omaette (unaided; without assistance or help from others) · ru одно́ (unaided; without assistance or help from others) · ru само́ (unaided; without assistance or help from others)