ownself check ownself

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Singlish:

ownself

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  1. to verify or one's own work or actions by oneself, farcically passing them off as without error; to police oneself

    2. Singaporeans want an opposition to check the PAP, because, in their heart of hearts, we all know that ownself check ownself is not realistic. The inherent nature of power makes this unrealistic.

    — 2023 April 21, Pritam Singh

  2. to stop to inspect, reflect on, examine, control etc. one's own work or actions; to take responsibility for what one has done; to self-reflect

    3. People can say 'ownself check ownself', but I see it always as a virtue — if ownself cannot check ownself, you're in big trouble ...

    — 2022 January 13, Ong Ye Kung (at the Singapore Perspectives 2022 conference)


related:

ownself you think, I thought, who confirm you think, he thought, who confirm say people say yourself kelong

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