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wrote one's own ticket

wrote one's own ticket is the simple past 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 wrote one's own ticket

What is wrote one's own ticket the simple past of?
Wrote one's own ticket is the simple past of write one's own ticket.

Words near wrote one's own ticket in the dictionary

  1. wrote down
  2. wrote for the drawer
  3. wrote in
  4. wrote itself
  5. wrote off
  6. wrote one's own ticket
  7. wrote out
  8. wrote over
  9. wrote the book
  10. wrote up
  11. wroten

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