write one's own ticket

Meaning: (idiomatic)To beempoweredtochoosewhicheverjob,financialarrangement, orcourse of actiononedesires.1925November 3, “Offers of 15 to 1 on Walker Go Begging”, inNew York Times, page 2:Mr. DeChadenedes said that any one wishing to back the Republican candidate couldwrite his own ticketand name his own price.2002August 12, Lee Siegel, “Long Live the King”, inTime:Parker figured that in the interim, the record companies would sell out their stock of Elvis' recordings, and that the King couldwrite his own ticketwhen he returned, in both the recording and the film industries. Parker was right.

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