go-it-alone
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Etymology
From the verb go it alone.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡəʊ ɪt əˈləʊn/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡoʊ ɪt əˈloʊn/
Adjective
go-it-alone
- (colloquial) Done alone or independently, especially of something that is normally or better done in groups.
- 2017 January 27, Jeremi Suri, “How Trump’s Executive Orders Could Set America Back 70 Years”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 29 January 2017:
- The president is taking the United States back to the nightmares of the world before the Second World War: closed borders, limited trade, and a go-it-alone national race to the bottom.
Related terms
- go it alone (verb)
Translations
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