- set out on one's own
- strike out on one's own & set out on one's ownto start out to live, work, or travel by oneself. •
I couldn't get along with my business partner, so I decided to strike out on my own.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
set out on one's own
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Set — (s[e^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Set}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Setting}.] [OE. setten, AS. setton; akin to OS. settian, OFries. setta, D. zetten, OHG. sezzen, G. setzen, Icel. setja, Sw. s[ a]tta, Dan. s?tte, Goth. satjan; causative from the root of E.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
