in one's own time
The phrase "in one's own time" is commonly used to indicate personal pace or convenience, often without external pressures.
🇺🇸 US Voice:
🇬🇧 UK Voice:
Definition
B2General
(informal)At a pace or schedule that suits personal preference or convenience.
Example
- You can finish the project in your own time.
B2Work
(informal, UK)During a period when one is not working or occupied with other responsibilities.
Example
- He enjoys painting in his own time after work.
Similar
Terms that have similar or relatively close meanings to "in one's own time":
one's time is one's ownout of one's timeall in good timein timeon one's own accounttake one's timeat leisurein good timeat a timebefore someone's timeunder one's own steamhave time on one's sideone's hourby oneselfin one's bookagainst timehave timeone's own bosssome timeat one timemake timeover time