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stand on one's own feet

Idioms  

  1. Act or behave independently, as in You've got to learn to stand on your own feet and not always listen to your peers. [Mid-1500s]

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"To stand on one's own feet" Heeren finds the keynote to the discourses of Demosthenes, as of Chatham.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 11, September, 1858 by Various

One had to stand on one's own feet.

From The Pastor's Wife by Arnim, Elizabeth von

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