"paddle one's own canoe" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        {
          "ref": "1918, Gene Stratton-Porter, chapter 4, in A Daughter Of The Land",
          "text": "\"I am too sorry for words,\" said Kate. \"If I had known your plan, I would have followed it. . . . I thought I had to paddle my own canoe, so I made my own plans.\"",
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        {
          "ref": "1962, W. Cleon Skousen, So You Want to Raise a Boy?, page 241",
          "text": "Junior has now arrived. All the laws which formerly protected him as a “minor” are now inapplicable. No longer does his mom or dad have the responsibility of providing his board and room. They may help out once in a while just because they love him, but, legally speaking, Junior is paddling his own canoe.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2013 May 30, Steven Greenhouse, “U.S. Retailers Announce New Factory Safety Plan”, in New York Times, retrieved 2017-12-03",
          "text": "“There is no valid reason why they can’t join the initiative we have launched. It has been well received,” he said, adding, “Now they seem to want to paddle their own canoe on their own terms.”",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To independently make the decisions or perform the duties, tasks, etc. which are one's own responsibility and which affect oneself."
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        "(idiomatic) To independently make the decisions or perform the duties, tasks, etc. which are one's own responsibility and which affect oneself."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "mind one's own business"
        },
        {
          "word": "stick to one's knitting"
        },
        {
          "word": "stay in one's lane"
        },
        {
          "word": "pull oneself up by one's bootstraps"
        },
        {
          "word": "carry one's weight"
        },
        {
          "word": "self-sufficient"
        }
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      "word": "stick to one's knitting"
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      "word": "stay in one's lane"
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    {
      "word": "pull oneself up by one's bootstraps"
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      "word": "carry one's weight"
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          "ref": "1918, Gene Stratton-Porter, chapter 4, in A Daughter Of The Land",
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          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1962, W. Cleon Skousen, So You Want to Raise a Boy?, page 241",
          "text": "Junior has now arrived. All the laws which formerly protected him as a “minor” are now inapplicable. No longer does his mom or dad have the responsibility of providing his board and room. They may help out once in a while just because they love him, but, legally speaking, Junior is paddling his own canoe.",
          "type": "quotation"
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          "ref": "2013 May 30, Steven Greenhouse, “U.S. Retailers Announce New Factory Safety Plan”, in New York Times, retrieved 2017-12-03",
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      ],
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        "(idiomatic) To independently make the decisions or perform the duties, tasks, etc. which are one's own responsibility and which affect oneself."
      ],
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