Home & living
have the place to yourself
be alone at home
To have the place to yourself means to be alone in a home or room because nobody else is there.
Hear it in real life
Are you free to talk?
Yes, I have the place to myself, so I can chat for a while.
With my flatmates away, I have the place to myself for the whole weekend.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I have the place for myself tonight.
Say: I have the place to myself tonight.
The fixed phrase uses "to yourself," not "for yourself."
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
have the place to yourself; have the house to yourself
Your turn: say it out loud
With my flatmates away, I have the place to myself for the whole weekend.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
have the place to yourself
be alone at home
“With my flatmates away, I have the place to myself for the whole weekend.”
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