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writing one's own ticket

writing one's own ticket is the present participle and gerund of write one's own ticket.

Meaning of write one's own ticket

Verb

write one's own ticket (third-person singular simple present writes one's own ticket, present participle writing one's own ticket, simple past wrote one's own ticket, past participle written one's own ticket)

  1. (idiomatic) To be empowered to choose whichever job, financial arrangement, or course of action one desires.
    • Mr. DeChadenedes said that any one wishing to back the Republican candidate could write his own ticket and name his own price.1925 November 3, “Offers of 15 to 1 on Walker Go Begging”, in New York Times, page 2

Questions about writing one's own ticket

What is writing one's own ticket the present participle and gerund of?
Writing one's own ticket is the present participle and gerund of write one's own ticket.

Words near writing one's own ticket in the dictionary

  1. writing larks
  2. writing master
  3. writing masters
  4. writing off
  5. writing on the wall
  6. writing one's own ticket
  7. writing out
  8. writing over
  9. writing pad
  10. writing pads
  11. writing paper

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