on one's own time

on one's own time
on one's own time
not while one is at work. •

The boss made me write the report on my own time. That's not fair.

Please make your personal telephone calls on your own time.

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{adv. phr.} During one's free time; not during working or school hours. * /If you want to play football, you'll have to do it on your own time./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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