go-it-alone
English
Etymology
From the verb go it alone.
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈɡəʊ ɪt əˈləʊn/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "GA" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. 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[1], 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
done alone or independently
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