Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “of one’s own volition“ and its meaning is “of one’s own choice, by one’s own preference, voluntarily, willingly, purposely“.
Example Sentence: Shamima Begum left Britain as a 15-year-old schoolgirl preparing for her GCSEs, having been groomed by a trafficking gang into making a terrible, life-altering mistake. To the UK government, this is irrelevant: she travelled to Syria, they falsely claim, “of her own volition”. This is simply not the case.
This phrase is present in The Guardian article Shamima Begum is a victim of trafficking – and the UK should treat her as such and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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