stand on one's own two feet

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Verb

stand on one's own two feet (third-person singular simple present stands on one's own two feet, present participle standing on one's own two feet, simple past and past participle stood on one's own two feet)

(idiomatic) To be independent; to survive without any help.
It's about time he left home and learnt how to stand on his own two feet.

Synonyms

stand on one's own legs

Translations

idiomatic: to be independent

Danish: stå på egne ben
Dutch: op eigen benen staan
Finnish: seisoa omilla jaloillaan, tulla toimeen omillaan
French: voler de ses propres ailes (fr)
German: auf eigenen Beinen stehen (de)
Malay: berdikari (ms)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: stå på egne bein, stå på egne ben

Nynorsk: stå på eigne føter
Polish: stawać na własne nogi (pl) impf
Russian: стоя́ть на со́бственных нога́х (stojátʹ na sóbstvennyx nogáx)
Vietnamese: tự lập (vi)

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