(idiomatic) As a result of one's own actions, especially with reference to death by suicide.

(of a picture) Made from a painting by numbers kit. / (figuratively) By rote, without thought or creativity.

To complete a painting by numbers kit / (figuratively) To perform something in the simplest way

A recreation in which a board containing a picture to be painted is made up of numbered areas, each number corresponding to a colour of paint to be applied.

(law) A legal doctrine under which a first party who purports to sell real property that the first party does not actually own to a second party must actually convey that property to the second party if the first party later acquires title to that property.

(sometimes attributive) A system for conducting elections in which voters receive and return ballots via the mail

(idiomatic) To begin an enterprise or recover from a setback without any outside help; to succeed only by one's own efforts or abilities.

(idiomatic, figuratively) It is not possible to make reliable judgments about things or people by considering external appearances alone.

(idiomatic) From unaided memory and in full detail.

(nautical) Keeping the sails full and steering by the wind.