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live as one thinks fit (Anglophile); march to one's own drummer (Alexander Oshis); have a mind of one's own (Anglophile); live with one's own mind; live by one's wits (Vic_Ber) | |||
chart one's own course (sunshine_russia) | |||
live with one's own brains; live with one's own mind | |||
have brains of their own (Alex_Odeychuk) | |||
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one's own man |