in one's own time
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English
[edit]Adverb
[edit]- Taking as much time as one requires; when one is ready.
- Synonyms: in one's own good time, in one's own sweet time
- 2006, Jo Biggs with Adam Vile, Ad and Jo's Guide to Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy, →ISBN, page 53:
- When they seem to have had enough time to work at the subconscious level, invite them back: "Now, in your own time, come back to the here and now […] "
- (UK) In one's free time; after hours.
- Synonym: (US) on one's own time
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “in one's own time”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “in your own time” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
- “in your own time”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- “in one's own time”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.