of one's own making
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[edit]- As the direct effect of one's actions, rather than those of others or of external events.
- 2023 August 23, Nigel Harris, “Comment: End damaging drift at Euston”, in RAIL, number 990, page 3:
- It's a complete shambles - yet again - of the Government's own making.
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Further reading
[edit]- “of one's own making”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “of one's own making”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “of your own making”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- “of your own making” (US) / “of your own making” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
- “of your own making”, in Collins English Dictionary.