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be one's own man

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.35 in modern English

Syllables
be one's own -man
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To behave independently without the influence of others.

Inflected Forms

is one's own man (present, singular) being one's own man (participle, present) was one's own man (past) been one's own man (participle, past)

Questions

What does be one's own man mean?
To behave independently without the influence of others.

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