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Italian
Etymology
Literally, “to do of one's head”. Compare French n’en faire qu’à sa tête.
Verb
fàre di testa propria (first-person singular present fàccio di testa propria, first-person singular past historic féci di testa propria, past participle fàtto di testa propria, first-person singular imperfect facévo di testa propria, second-person singular imperative fài di testa propria or fà' di testa propria, auxiliary avére)
- to act according solely to one's own convictions, feelings, etc.; to do one's own thing; to go rogue; to go one's own way
2020, Barack Obama, chapter 19, in Chicca Galli, Paolo Lucca, Giuseppe Maugeri, transl., Una terra promessa [A Promised Land], Garzanti Libri:Invece di ascoltare i suoi consigli, disse, Bush aveva fatto di testa propria e aveva invaso l'Iraq, destabilizzando tutto il Medio Oriente.- Rather than heed his warnings, he said, Bush went ahead and invaded Iraq, destabilizing the entire Middle East.
- (literally, “Rather than listening to his advice, he said, Bush had gone his own way and invaded Iraq, destabilizing the entire Middle East.”)