(something) to call (your) own

something that you own or control.

I've been renting this house for several years and now I want a place to call my own.

Usage notes: sometimes used with periods of time to say that someone is too busy: With a full-time job and a family to take care of, I don't have a minute to call my own. also used with can or could:

Children need a little money they can call their own in order to learn its value.

• burst in on something
• burst into
• burst into something
• burst into tears
• burst onto the scene
• burst out
• burst out doing something
• burst out of
• burst out of somewhere
• burst someone's bubble
• burst the bubble
• bury head in the sand
• bury the hatchet
• bury your head in the sand
• bush league
• bush telegraph
• business as usual
• business end
• business end of
• business end of something
• business is business
• busman's holiday
• bust a blood vessel
• bust a gut
• bust a gut laughing