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on one's own account

on one's own account prepositional phrase: on one's own behalf.

Prepositional phrase

  1. On one's own behalf.
  2. By oneself.
    • When a Kruman marries his first wife, he takes up his quarters in her father's house; when he is able to buy a few more he commences housekeeping on his own account, and then each wife has a separate hut for her own use.1891, The Peoples of the World, Robert Brown, page 176
  3. At one's own risk.

Synonyms of on one's own account

Questions about on one's own account

What does on one's own account mean?
On one's own account means on one's own behalf.
What part of speech is on one's own account?
On one's own account is a prepositional phrase.

Words near on one's own account in the dictionary

  1. on one's mark
  2. on one's mettle
  3. on one's mind
  4. on one's ones
  5. on one's own
  6. on one's own account
  7. on one's own bat
  8. on one's own ground
  9. on one's own hook
  10. on one's own time
  11. on one's P's

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