Phrase guide

on one's own

prep_phrase · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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prep_phrase

Meaning 1

Unaided; without assistance or help from others.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • A seven-year-old can get dressed on his own, but it might take a long time.
  • 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.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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Meaning 2

Alone, without another's immediate company.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • I love cheese on toast, but I won't eat cheese on its own.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

69 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: self — unaided; without assistance or help from others
  • Afrikaans: vanself — unaided; without assistance or help from others
  • Arabic: بِمُفْرَدِي (bimufradī) — unaided; without assistance or help from others
  • Belarusian: самасто́йна (samastójna) — unaided; without assistance or help from others
  • Belarusian: сам (sam) — unaided; without assistance or help from others
  • Belarusian: сама́ (samá) — unaided; without assistance or help from others
  • Belarusian: само́ (samó) — unaided; without assistance or help from others
  • Belarusian: самі́ (samí) — unaided; without assistance or help from others
  • Chinese Mandarin: 自己 (zìjǐ) — unaided; without assistance or help from others
  • Chinese Mandarin: 靠......自己 (kào ... zìjǐ) — unaided; without assistance or help from others
  • Chinese Mandarin: 獨立地 /独立地 (dúlì de) — unaided; without assistance or help from others
  • Dutch: op eigen houtje — unaided; without assistance or help from others
  • Esperanto: sole — unaided; without assistance or help from others
  • Estonian: omaette — unaided; without assistance or help from others
  • Estonian: ise — unaided; without assistance or help from others
  • Finnish: omillaan — unaided; without assistance or help from others
  • Finnish: itse — unaided; without assistance or help from others
  • Finnish: omatoimisesti — unaided; without assistance or help from others
  • Finnish: itsekseen — unaided; without assistance or help from others
  • French: tout seul — unaided; without assistance or help from others
  • French: par soi-même — unaided; without assistance or help from others
  • French: par ses propres moyens — unaided; without assistance or help from others
  • Galician: de seu — unaided; without assistance or help from others
  • Galician: por si mesmo — unaided; without assistance or help from others
  • German: auf sich selbst gestellt — unaided; without assistance or help from others
  • German: selber — unaided; without assistance or help from others
  • German: selbst — unaided; without assistance or help from others
  • German: von alleine — unaided; without assistance or help from others
  • German: von selbst — unaided; without assistance or help from others
  • German: alleine — unaided; without assistance or help from others
  • German: allein — unaided; without assistance or help from others
  • Greek: μόνος μου (mónos mou) — unaided; without assistance or help from others
  • Hebrew: מֵאֵלָיו (me'eláv) — unaided; without assistance or help from others
  • Hebrew: בְּעַצְמוֹ (b'atzmó) — unaided; without assistance or help from others
  • Hungarian: egymagában — unaided; without assistance or help from others
  • Hungarian: magában — unaided; without assistance or help from others
  • Hungarian: egyedül — unaided; without assistance or help from others
  • Hungarian: magától — unaided; without assistance or help from others
  • Japanese: 自分で (jibun de) — unaided; without assistance or help from others
  • Japanese: 自身で (jishin de) — unaided; without assistance or help from others
  • Japanese: 一人で (hitori de) — unaided; without assistance or help from others
  • Korean: 자신이 (jasini) — unaided; without assistance or help from others
  • Korean: 스스로 (seuseuro) — unaided; without assistance or help from others
  • Korean: 혼자 (honja) — unaided; without assistance or help from others
  • Korean: 자기 (jagi) — unaided; without assistance or help from others
  • Malayalam: സ്വയം (svayaṁ) — unaided; without assistance or help from others
  • Eastern Mari: шке (ške) — unaided; without assistance or help from others
  • Pohnpeian: pein — unaided; without assistance or help from others
  • Polish: na własną rękę — unaided; without assistance or help from others
  • Polish: samodzielnie — unaided; without assistance or help from others
  • Russian: самостоя́тельно (samostojátelʹno) — unaided; without assistance or help from others
  • Russian: сам (sam) — unaided; without assistance or help from others
  • Russian: сама́ (samá) — unaided; without assistance or help from others
  • Russian: само́ (samó) — unaided; without assistance or help from others
  • Russian: са́ми (sámi) — unaided; without assistance or help from others
  • Russian: оди́н (odín) — unaided; without assistance or help from others
  • Russian: одна́ (odná) — unaided; without assistance or help from others
  • Russian: одно́ (odnó) — unaided; without assistance or help from others
  • Russian: одни́ (odní) — unaided; without assistance or help from others
  • Spanish: a solas — unaided; without assistance or help from others
  • Spanish: a sus solas — unaided; without assistance or help from others
  • Ukrainian: самості́йно (samostíjno) — unaided; without assistance or help from others
  • Ukrainian: сам (sam) — unaided; without assistance or help from others
  • Ukrainian: сама́ (samá) — unaided; without assistance or help from others
  • Ukrainian: само́ (samó) — unaided; without assistance or help from others
  • Ukrainian: сами́ (samý) — unaided; without assistance or help from others
  • Ukrainian: самі́ (samí) — unaided; without assistance or help from others
  • Spanish: a solas — without company
  • Spanish: a sus solas — without company