(your) own man

See: your own person

• step into someone's shoes
• step into the breach
• step on it
• Step on it!
• step on someone's toes
• step on the gas
• step on toes
• step out
• step out of line
• step up
• step up a gear
• step up something
• step up to the plate
• stew in own juice
• stew in own juices
• stew in your own juice
• stew in your own juices
• stick around
• stick by
• stick by someone
• stick by something
• stick head above the parapet
• stick in craw
• sticking point
• stick in gullet