of one's own accord

[of one's own accord] or [of one's own free will] {adv. phr.}

Without suggestion or help from anyone else; without being told; voluntarily.

* /On her mother's birthday, Betsy did the dishes of her own accord./

* /But Johnny hates baths. I can't believe he would take one of his own free will./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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