paddle one's own canoe

[paddle one's own canoe] {v. phr.}, {informal}

To work without help; earn your own living; support yourself.

* /After his father died, John had to paddle his own canoe./

Syn.: HOE ONE'S OWN ROW.

Compare: MAKE ONE'S WAY.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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