on one's own meaning

1. On one's own account
2. On one's own initiative
3. By one's own efforts or resources
4. Independently
5. Set up in independence
6. Alone, by oneself

[American idiom]
by oneself.
• Did you do this on your own, or did you have help?
• I have to learn to do this kind of thing on my own.

[American slang]
independently.
  Our baby can now walk on his own.
  I have lived on my own since I was 18.