of one's own making

English

Prepositional phrase

of one's own making

1. As the direct effect of one's actions, rather than those of others or of external events.
   • 2023 August 23, Nigel Harris, “Comment: End damaging drift at Euston”, in RAIL, number 990, page 3:

     It's a complete shambles - yet again - of the Government's own making.

Further reading

• “of one's own making”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “of one's own making”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “of your own making”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “of your own making” (US) / “of your own making” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
• “of your own making”, in Collins English Dictionary.