do your own thing

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to do what you want to do or what interests you, without thinking about other people; to be independent

   do your own thing and fend for yourself...

   And I also told you to go out there and do your own thing and stay far away

In the movies · 3

• do your own thing and fend for yourself...The Lion King2019
• And I also told you to go out there and do your own thing and stay far awayThe Suicide Squad2021
• Do your own thing in your own time.Easy Rider1969
• I should have let you do your own thing.Shazam! Fury of the Gods2023

From the same entry

• A is one thing, B is another
• all things being equal
• and things
• be all things to all men
• come to the same thing
• be a good thing
• be no bad thing
• be onto a good thing
• do things to
• first thing
• first things first
• for one thing

More idioms

• drink like a fish
• err on the side of
• fly in the face of
• get under skin
• have eyes in the back of your head
• have your feet on the ground
• have your work cut out
• i beg to differ
• it is just as well
• keep quiet about
• keep your options open
• kill time