on one's own account

prepositional phrase

On one's own behalf.

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on one's own hook
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Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. On one's own behalf.
  2. By oneself.

    When a Kruman marries his first wife, he takes up his quarters in her father's house; when he is able to buy a few more he commences housekeeping on his own account, and then each wife has a separate hut for her own use.

    1891, The Peoples of the World, Robert Brown, page 176
  3. At one's own risk.

    Synonyms: on one's own hook

Synonyms & antonyms

prepositional phraseAt one's own risk.

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on one's own hook
Also see
at one's own perilat one's own riskon one's own hook
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APA

on one's own account. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20one's%20own%20account

MLA

“on one's own account.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20one's%20own%20account. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “on one's own account,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20one's%20own%20account.

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