Meaning of come into one's own | Babel Free

Definitions

To reach a stage of development or maturity where one has achieved strength and confidence, economic security, or respect and social acceptance.

idiomatic

Equivalents

Examples

“And not only did he learn by experience, but instincts long dead became alive again. The domesticated generations fell from him. . . . [T]he old tricks . . . came to him without effort or discovery, as though they had been his always. . . . [T]he ancient song surged through him and he came into his own again.”

“Sally just swept along smiling at every one. . . . Sally looked just as if she had come into her own and was made for it; I never did see her look so pretty.”

“The eyes of the wood-cutter flash like actual possession. He seems now to have come into his own. With all his senses, he is dominant, sure.”

“Everywhere the people would come into their own, and war and tyranny would vanish like a hateful nightmare! Speaker after speaker got up to proclaim this glorious future.”

“Aerial photography was coming into its own, and flying shutterbugs pushed the envelope, striving to outsnap each other.”

“The subsequent decade played host to numerous stories of Asian nations coming into their own with robustly growing economies.”

“"We have some areas on the Mallaig line where you have no road access at all," Phil explains. "This is where the road-rail vehicles come into their own."”

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