Idiom
speak for oneself
Meaning
Expressing disagreement with an opinion expressed by another.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I prefer the quiet, so speak for yourself.”
“When he said that everyone hated the new movie, she told him to speak for himself.”
“While the committee assumed the entire staff felt discouraged by the budget cuts, the union leader insisted they speak for themselves regarding their own professional satisfaction.”
Examples
simple
“I prefer the quiet, so speak for yourself.”
contextual
“When he said that everyone hated the new movie, she told him to speak for himself.”
complex
“While the committee assumed the entire staff felt discouraged by the budget cuts, the union leader insisted they speak for themselves regarding their own professional satisfaction.”
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