used with a possessive to emphasize that someone or something belongs or relates to the person mentioned: [as adjective]:they can’t handle their own childrenI was an outcast among my own kind [as pronoun]:the Church would look after its own
done or produced by and for the person mentioned: [as adjective]:I used to design all my own clothes [as pronoun]:they claimed the work as their own
particular to the person or thing mentioned; individual: [as adjective]:the style had its own charm [as pronoun]:the film had a quality all its own
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1 [with object] have (something) as one’s own; possess:his father owns a restaurant (as adjective, in combination -owned)a state-owned company
2 [no object] formal admit or acknowledge that something is the case or that one feels a certain way:she owned to a feeling of profound jealousy [with clause]:he was reluctant to own that he was indebted
[with object] take or acknowledge full responsibility for (something):I emphasize the importance of owning our anger and finding ways to control it
[with object] archaic acknowledge paternity, authorship, or possession of:he has published little, trivial things which he will not own
3 [with object]US informal utterly defeat or humiliate:yeah right, she totally owned you, man
as if (or like) one owns the place
informal in an overbearing or self-important manner:he would have walked in and taken charge as if he owned the place
be one's own man (or woman)
1act independently and with confidence:I must show them that I am my own man, not merely my father’s shadowbehind everything she did was a raw power that emphasized she was her own woman
2 archaic be in full possession of one’s faculties.
come into its (or one's) own
become fully effective, used, or recognized:the two folk languages will at last come into their own
hold one's own
retain a position of strength in a challenging situation:Britain has begun to hold its own in world markets
of one's own
belonging to oneself alone:at last I’ve got a place of my own
on one's own
unaccompanied by others; alone or unaided:she’s not here now and I have to do things on my ownthese are exercises one can do on one’s own
own up
admit to having done something wrong or embarrassing:he owns up to few mistakes
