Meaning of on your own in English

on your own

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alone:
I don’t mind going to the movies on my own.
 on your own
If you do something on your own, you do it without help from anyone else:
Bridget learned to tie her shoes on her own when she was three.
(Definition of on your own from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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