Do your own thing In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "do your own thing", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Eudora Thao calendar 2021-08-30 01:08

Meaning of Do your own thing (redirected from do one's (own) thing )

Do one's (own) thing American informal

The phrase means to follow one's skills that someone wants to do without focussing on something. 

My daughter tells me she wants to do her own thing when she goes to university.

We always encourage our children to do their own thing because they are mature.

Grammar and Usage of Do one's (own) thing

The verb "do" should be conjugated according to its tense.

Origin of Do one's (own) thing

Many documents said that the phrase appeared in The Merchant’s Tale and Chaucer in the 1960s. 

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