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Learn the meaning of the idiom on your own, which means alone or without help from anyone else. See how to use it in sentences and compare it with other expressions.
1. By or through one's individual efforts or means. I had to finish designing the website on my own after many of our workers were laid off. 2. Without the assistance or support of, or dependence upon, anybody else. I don't need anyone's pity or help, I can make it all on my own, thank you very much. See also: on, own.
The difference between “on my own” and “by myself” is that “on my own” normally has a connotation that implies doing something without help from anyone else, while “by myself” implies doing something alone, with no one else present accompanying you.
Learn the various meanings and uses of the word own as an adjective, verb, and pronoun. See synonyms, examples, phrases, and word history of own.
On my own primarily means "with no help from others", or often "with no decision-making input from others". By myself primarily means "with no one else accompanying me". By my own is not a standalone unit; it is By ((my own) [thing]), not (by my own) [thing] and means "using a thing that belongs to me."
by dint of one's own efforts, resources, or sense of responsibility; independently. Because she spoke the language, she got around the country very well on her own. b. living or functioning without dependence on others; independent. My son's been on his own for several years. See full dictionary entry for own.
1. By or through one's individual efforts or means. I had to finish designing the website on my own after many of our workers were laid off. 2. Without the assistance or support of, or dependence upon, anybody else. I don't need anyone's pity or help, I can make it all on my own, thank you very much. See also: on, own.
