owe it to oneself

owe it to oneself (third-person singular simple present owes it to oneself, present participle owing it to oneself, simple past and past participle owed it to oneself)

1. For it to be necessary for one (to do something) in order to advance one's one interests; to deserve.

   You owe it to yourself to take a break and relax.

• “owe it to oneself to do something”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “owe it to oneself”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “owe it to yourself”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.