live one's own life

live one's own life (third-person singular simple present lives one's own life, present participle living one's own life, simple past and past participle lived one's own life)

1. To act according to one's own desires, beliefs, etc. without anyone else's interference.

• “live one's own life”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “run/live one’s own life”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “live your own life”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “live one's own life”, in Collins English Dictionary.