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[do one's
thing] or [do one's own thing] {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To do what one does well
and actually enjoys doing.
Two thousand fans paid $15 each to hear the rock
group do their thing.
2. To follow one's bent; for example, to be engaged in
left-wing politics, some sort of meditation, or use of drugs (particularly in
the sixties).
The hippies were doing their own thing when the cops came and
busted them.
3. To be engaged in an unusual activity that strikes others as odd.
Leave Jim alone, he's just doing his own thing when he's standing on his
head.
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