(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.

• a tin ear
• a tin god
• at issue
• at knee
• at large
• at last
• at least
• at leisure
• at length
• at liberty
• at loggerheads
• at long last
• at loose ends
• at low ebb
• at most
• at mother's knee
• at no time
• at odds
• at odds with
• at odds with someone
• at odds with something
• at once
• at one fell swoop
• at one sitting
• at one time