paddle one's own canoe

/P AE1 D AH0 L W AH0 N EH0 S OW0 N K AH0 N UW0/
verb
  1. 1

    To independently make the decisions or perform the duties, tasks, etc. which are one's own responsibility and which affect oneself.

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