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Meanings of own accord in English

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Usage of own accord in English
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In Google's case, it left China of its own accord in 2010.
Reuters
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Let it open by itself and come back of its own accord.
The old man and the sea
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All of the executives left on their own accord, these sources said.
Reuters
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He made an eleventh hour decision to leave on his own accord.
The South African
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You came to me in the first place of your own accord.
The Financier: A Novel
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Whatever she needed seemed to come to her of its own accord.
Scarlet
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It is our view he still won't go on his own accord.
The South African
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But the man turned back in an instant of his own accord.
Elster's Folly: A Novel
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The unhappy woman had not taken the death-leap of her own accord.
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
10
He couldn't help it; the ejaculation popped out of its own accord.
Trailin'!
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It was thoughtless, automatic action, her hands operating of their own accord.
The Fireman
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The flame being kindled, the fire will grow of its own accord.
Miss Caprice
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Of his own accord he crossed the terrace and approached her side.
Jerry
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Why couldn't she wait until he told her of his own accord?
Native son
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The door began to shiver of its own accord; chains rattled inside.
The witch queen
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The treasures of those languages she afterwards conquered of her own accord.
Godolphin, Volume 1.
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South Africa
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