with your own fair hand(s)
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› used to say that you have made something yourself: "Where did you get this cake?" "I made it with my own fair hands."Unaided and working alone
(Definition of with your own fair hand(s) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- fend for yourself phrasal verb
- go it alone idiom
- independent adjective (NOT HELPED)
- own determiner, pronoun
- self-help adjective, noun
- self-reliant adjective
- self-sufficient adjective
- single-handed adjective
- stand on your own (two) feet idiom
- stand-alone adjective
- throw sb back on their own resources idiom
- unaided adjective, adverb
- under your own steam idiom
- unsupported adjective (PERSON)
- yourself pronoun (PERSON/PEOPLE ADDRESSED)
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