stand on your own two feet
Definition
› to do things for yourself without wanting or needing anyone else to help you: That son of hers should learn to stand on his own two feet.
(Definition of stand on your own two feet from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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stand by sth
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stand down
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stand for sth
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stand in
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stand noun
- stand on your own two feet idiom
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stand out
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stand sb in good stead idiom
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stand sb up
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stand up
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