on your own
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Meaning · English
Without help or support from others
Literally: physically alone
Register: neutral
Examples
Did you come up with that on your own?Cái đó bạn tự nghĩ ra sao?
Tatoeba sentence #6064283 (CC BY 2.0 FR, tatoeba.org, retrieved 2026-07-31)
Sources & notes
Everyday learner phrase (CEFR B1); level cross-referenced from published learner lists. Definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-08-01; pending editor spot-check.
Common questions
What does “on your own” mean?
Without help or support from others Literally: physically alone
Is “on your own” formal or informal?
on your own is generally neutral.