Written their own ticket In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "written their own ticket", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Jimmy Hung calendar 2022-03-29 11:03

Meaning of Written their own ticket (redirected from write (one's) (own) ticket )

Write (one's) (own) ticket verb phrase

If you write your own ticket, you are empowered to control or decide the terms and conditions for something according to your wishes or needs.

I'm the boss here, so I have the right to write my own tickets.

After signing the contract, you can write your own ticket.

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make up (one's) mind

Make a decision. 

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A decision made at the last possible moment

see/think fit (to do something)

To think it is suitable to do something.
 

fine print

The detailed rules or terms of an agreement, contract, or other documents, which are frequently printed in tiny font and therefore easily overlooked

make a false step

1. Used to say that someone missteps or stumbles while walking.

2. Used to say that someone makes an unwise, miscalculated, or blundering act or decision.

Grammar and Usage of Write (one's) (own) ticket

Verb Forms

  • to write (one's) (own) ticket
  • writes (one's) (own) ticket
  • writing (one's) (own) ticket
  • wrote (one's) (own) ticket
  • have/has/had written (one's) (own) ticket

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

Origin of Write (one's) (own) ticket

The word "ticket" in this term refers to something that entitles the holder to a privilege. This term originated from the 1920s.

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