Own
//ɑːn//
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The word "own" can be used as verb, adjective, noun and adjective.
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God's own country God's own county Virtue is her own reward a good deed is its own reward a life of its own a prophet has no honor in his own country a prophet is not without honor save in his own country abound in one's own sense afraid of one's own shadow after one's own heart after one's own soul at one's own peril at one's own risk attend to one's own knitting be one's own man be one's own worst enemy beat someone at their own game believe one's own eyes bird of one's own brain blow one's own horn blow one's own trumpet bring one's own hide to market by one's own hand carry one's own hide to market carry one's own weight catch someone at their own game chase one's own tail choose your own adventure choose-your-own-adventure co-own come into one's own comfortable in one's own skin cut one's own throat devil's own dig one's own grave disown do one's own thing do one's own time don't shit in your own nest dose of one's own medicine drink one's own Kool-Aid each to his own each to their own eat one's own eat one's own dog food every man is the architect of his own fortune every miller draws water to his own mill feather one's own nest for one's own good for one's own hand foul one's own nest frolic of his own get one's own back get one's own way go one's own way have a mind of one's own have it your own way have one's own zip code high on one's own supply hoist by one's own petard hoist on one's own petard hoist with one's own petard hoisted by one's own petard hoisted on one's own petard hoisted with one's own petard hold one's own in a league of one's own in a world of one's own in one's own backyard in one's own good time in one's own little way in one's own little world in one's own right in one's own time in one's own world it is a wise child that knows his own father it's an ill bird that fouls its own nest jump at one's own shadow keep one's own counsel keep to one's own knitting know one's own head know one's own mind leave someone to their own devices leave to one's own devices legend in one's own lifetime legend in one's own lunchtime legend in one's own mind legend in one's own time life of its own lift oneself up by one's own boot-tags lift oneself up by one's own bootstraps lift oneself up by one's own waistbands like the sound of one's own voice live one's own life make a stick for one's own back make one's own make one's own luck march to one's own drum march to one's own drummer march to the beat of one's own drum march to the beat of one's own drummer mind one's own business mind your own beeswax mind-your-own-business misown no one should be judge in his own cause of its own head of its own study of one's own of one's own accord of one's own making off one's own back off one's own bat on one's own on one's own account on one's own bat on one's own ground on one's own hook on one's own time on someone's own dime one's own boss one's own master one's time is one's own out of one's own pocket own brand own goal own label own motion own up own-account ownability ownable ownage owndom owner ownness ownself ownsome ownwayish paddle one's own canoe part-own pay back in someone's own coin pay one's own freight pay one's own way pick on someone your own size pick-your-own play someone at their own game plough one's own furrow pull one's own weight pull oneself up by one's own bootstraps pwn raise oneself up by one's own bootstraps rent-to-own rod for one's own back rod for one's own breech roll one's own roll-your-own scratch one's own itch self-own self-own sell one's own grandmother sign one's own death warrant smell one's own farts smoke one's own dope stand in one's own light stand on its own stand on one's own bottom stand on one's own two feet state-owned stew in one's own broth stew in one's own gravy stew in one's own grease stew in one's own juice stew in one's own juices stick to one's own knitting take law into one's own hands take matters into one's own hands take one's own hide to market take one's own life take oneself up by one's own ears take the law into one's own hands take the matter into one's own hands taste of one's own medicine taste of one's own poison tell its own story tell its own tale tend to one's own knitting the devil looks after his own think one is God's own cousin to each his own to each their own to one's own cheek to thine own self be true toot one's own horn trip over one's own two feet under one's own steam up one's own ass victim of one's own success virtue is its own reward water finds its own level water seeks its own level with one's own eyes write one's own ticket you will own nothing and be happy you'll be late for your own funeral
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acknowledge adjective admit allow bearing belong belonging belonging to belongs belongs to belongs you bought buy capital concede confess deed domestic each each its enslave foreign give goods grant has has possession have have bought have property have purchased having having stuff having thing hold hold deed its its mine legal mine of mine own up ownership peculiar posses possess possessing possessing something possession possessions possessive proper property property having proprietary proprietary statement purchase purchase property purchased pwn recognise rightful root slavery statement stuff superuser title we we have
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