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bringing one's own hide to market

bringing one's own hide to market is the present participle and gerund of bring one's own hide to market.

Meaning of bring one's own hide to market

Verb

bring one's own hide to market (third-person singular simple present brings one's own hide to market, present participle bringing one's own hide to market, simple past and past participle brought one's own hide to market)

  1. (US, idiomatic, often) To create one's own fate, as a result of one's chosen character and actions; to experience the appropriate consequences of one's behavior.
    • "[T]hou art a living passenger upon this earth, and must look out for thyself. Help yourself! Nobody forwards thee to thy destination; and we Germans have a proverb that comes near it in meaning: 'Each one must carry his own hide to market.'"1869, Berthold Auerbach, chapter 8, in Charles C. Shackford, transl., The Country-house on the Rhine, page 223

Questions about bringing one's own hide to market

What is bringing one's own hide to market the present participle and gerund of?
Bringing one's own hide to market is the present participle and gerund of bring one's own hide to market.

Words near bringing one's own hide to market in the dictionary

  1. bringing on
  2. bringing one's arse to an anchor
  3. bringing one's arse to anchor
  4. bringing one's ass to an anchor
  5. bringing one's ass to anchor
  6. bringing one's own hide to market
  7. bringing oneself away
  8. bringing oneself to
  9. bringing out
  10. bringing out in a rash
  11. bringing out of oneself

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