go it alone
/ˈɡoʊ ɪt əˈloʊn/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.10 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To do something alone or independently, especially something that is normally or better done in groups.
Colloquial
verb
To play a hand without the assistance of one's partner.
Example Sentences
- "He quit working for the company and decided to go it alone as a consultant instead."
- "But can Mr. Stovel conscientiously allow infant sprinkling to be scriptural baptism? and is this the ground on which he would receive pædobaptists to the Lord's table? If he does not, then, instead of going the whole length of free communion, with our pædobaptist friends, he goes it alone."
- "The Texas Company has gone it alone in the oil business—asking no favors—standing on its own feet—competing for its share of the business by developing and marketing good fuels and lubricants—seeking no secuity except that which it could earn. Other companies have gone it alone in other industries. And we—and they—and America have grown together, beyond anything the world has ever seen."
- "Therefore, if you can persuade one public television station to buy your film, consider allowing it to sell the film to others. You'll receive a smaller share of the pie, but it may be the only way to go. And you may end up with much greater exposure than if you went it alone."
- "So now the hard Brexiters say, with astonishingly cynical mendacity, that Britain would be better off going it alone."
- "Republicans planned to use the reconciliation process to go it alone on both health care and tax reform."
Etymology
From go it + alone.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɡoʊ ɪt əˈloʊn/
- British English: /ˈɡəʊ ɪt əˈləʊn/