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write one's own ticket
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Set one's own conditions or course of action according to one's wishes or needs. For example, This generous grant lets recipients write their own tickets . This term uses ticket in the sense of “something entitling the holder to a privilege.” [ Colloquial ; 1920s]Advertisement
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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