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View synonyms for on one's own time

on one's own time



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Idioms and Phrases

During non-working hours, especially when one is not being paid. For example, Marcia wrote poetry evenings and weekends, on her own time . This expression implies that the time one spends working for someone else is no longer one's possession.
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Example Sentences

It’s as though these songs contain some secret about how to live on one’s own time, surrendering neither hope nor ambition.

The bill would not allow employers to punish workers for beliefs expressed on one's own time, such as donating to a campaign against same-sex marriage.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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