To be able to act without having to depend on anyone.
Decide your own fortune.
Go in your own direction.
Self-reliance.
He feels he can paddle his own canoe now so wants to move out of his parent’s house.
Children need their parents around, they can’t just paddle their own canoe.
She is a strong woman and can paddle her own canoe without having a man in her life.
He prefers doing small and odd jobs to be able to paddle his own canoe rather than depending upon help that may never come.
When you are out of school and have completed college education then it is time for you to paddle your own canoe.
I have seen the world on my own, I like paddling my own canoe.
There is no origin for this idiom
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definition
Common phrase that has a specific meaning.