do it yourself
noun1
The practice of doing home improvements and maintenance oneself, rather than employing a professional.
- THE LONDON & NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY. By O. S. Nock. Ian Allan. 30s. [...] One scarcely imagined, for example, that the great steel works at Crewe owed its existence to Sir Richard Moon's penchant for the principle of "Do it yourself", a principle born of a methodical, economical and far-seeing mind.1960 October, “New reading on railways”, in Trains Illustrated, page 640:
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Often The habit or approach of doing something for oneself, rather than for example buying a prepared product.
- The relationship between punk's do-it-yourself philosophy and the music industry, along with fashion suppliers, […]2020, Matt Grimes, Mike Dines, Punk Now!!: Contemporary Perspectives on Punk:
- Synonyms
- DIY
- Derived terms
- do-it-yourselfer, do-it-yourselfism, do-it-yourselfness, do-it-yourself-ness
- Related terms
- do-it-yourself, help yourself, self-build, self-help, self-serve