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self-made

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by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates

[self-made] {adj.}

Having achieved wealth, fame, and success on one's own without outside help.

* /John D. Rockefeller is one of the most famous self-made men in America./

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	success ⁶⁶ {adj.} ³²⁴

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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