"come into one's own" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-come into one's own.ogg Forms: comes into one's own [present, singular, third-person], coming into one's own [participle, present], came into one's own [past], come into one's own [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|come<,,came,come> into one's own}} come into one's own (third-person singular simple present comes into one's own, present participle coming into one's own, simple past came into one's own, past participle come into one's own)
  1. (idiomatic) To reach a stage of development or maturity where one has achieved strength and confidence, economic security, or respect and social acceptance. Tags: idiomatic Translations (to reach maturity): 羽翼豐滿 /羽翼丰满 (yǔyìfēngmǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), 升堂入室 (shēngtángrùshì) (Chinese Mandarin), 鵬程萬里 /鹏程万里 (péngchéngwànlǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 出人頭地 /出人头地 (chūréntóudì) (Chinese Mandarin), 名利雙收 /名利双收 (mínglìshuāngshōu) (Chinese Mandarin), alkaa tulla omillaan toimeen (Finnish), raggiungere la maturità (Italian), матере́ть (materétʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), состоя́ться (sostojátʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), взросле́ть (vzroslétʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), повзросле́ть (povzroslétʹ) [perfective] (Russian), заматере́ть (zamaterétʹ) [perfective] (Russian), реализова́ться (realizovátʹsja) [perfective] (Russian)

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