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brought one's own hide to market

brought one's own hide to market is the simple past and past participle 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

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Brought one's own hide to market is the simple past and past participle of bring one's own hide to market.

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

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

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