na. | 1. rely [depend; count] on one's own efforts; hoe one's own row; make one's way in life by one's own efforts; push forward by one's own effort; put forth new life by one's own efforts; raise oneself up by one's own bootstraps; regeneration [reconstruction] through one's own efforts; rely on oneself; rely on one's own strength; self-reliance; shift for oneself; take fate in one's own hands |