Meanings
- Taking as much time as one requires; when one is ready.
When they seem to have had enough time to work at the subconscious level, invite them back: "Now, in your own time, come back to the here and now[…]"
2006, Jo Biggs with Adam Vile, Ad and Jo's Guide to Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy, →ISBN, page 53Synonyms: in one's own good time, in one's own sweet time
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbTaking as much time as one requires; when one is ready.
adverbIn one's free time; after hours.
Cite this entry
in one's own time. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20one's%20own%20time
“in one's own time.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20one's%20own%20time. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “in one's own time,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20one's%20own%20time.
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