self-distribute

verb

To distribute without outside help.

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Meanings

verbself-distribute (third-person singular simple present self-distributes, present participle self-distributing, simple past and past participle self-distributed)

present singular third person self-distributes · participle present self-distributing · participle past self-distributed · past self-distributed

  1. To distribute without outside help.

    If one of the most famous stars in the world gets this much grief trying to self-finance and self-distribute a Christ movie without the approval of Jewish pressure groups, what’s a mere studio owned by a conglomerate with 30 other boycottworthy irons in the fire to do?

    2003 August 16, vjmorton, “Not-so-brave heart”, in Rightwing Film Geek

Origin

From self- + distribute.

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Chicago

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