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go it alone

UK/ˈɡəʊ ɪt əˈləʊn/US/ˈɡoʊ ɪt əˈloʊn/

go it alone verb: to do something alone or independently, especially something that is normally or better done in groups.

Verb

go it alone (third-person singular simple present goes it alone, present participle going it alone, simple past went it alone, past participle gone it alone)

  1. (colloquial) To do something alone or independently, especially something that is normally or better done in groups.
    • 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.1842 June 1, “Notices of Books. Letter on Baptismal Regeneration, addressed through the Rev. Dr. Fletcher, to the Ministers and Members of the Evangelical Pædobaptists. By the Rev. C. Stovel. Pp. 15....
    Synonyms:
    walk alone, lone it
  2. To play a hand without the assistance of one's partner.
    • When the trump suit [in euchre] has been settled, the player who has named it (the maker) has the right to go it alone, but he must announce his intention to do so before a card has been led. His partner places his cards face downwards on the table, and takes no active part in the hand. The maker...2014, “Games for Three or More”, in Sarah Tomley, editor, The Card Games Bible: Over 150 Games and Tricks, London: Hamlyn, →ISBN, pages 125–126

Examples of go it alone in a sentence

  • Republicans planned to use the reconciliation process to go it alone on both health care and tax reform.2017 May 6, Peter Suderman, “The House health care disaster is really about taxes”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 18...
  • When the trump suit [in euchre] has been settled, the player who has named it (the maker) has the right to go it alone, but he must announce his intention to do so before a card has been led.2014, “Games for Three or More”, in Sarah Tomley, editor, The Card Games Bible: Over 150 Games and Tricks, London: Hamlyn, →ISBN, pages...

Synonyms of go it alone

Forms of go it alone

third-person singular presentgoes it alone
present participlegoing it alone
pastwent it alone
past participlegone it alone

Origin of go it alone

From go it + alone.

Words formed from go it alone

Questions about go it alone

What does go it alone mean?
Go it alone means to do something alone or independently, especially something that is normally or better done in groups.
How do you use go it alone in a sentence?
Republicans planned to use the reconciliation process to go it alone on both health care and tax reform.
What part of speech is go it alone?
Go it alone is a verb.
How do you pronounce go it alone?
Go it alone is pronounced /ˈɡəʊ ɪt əˈləʊn/ (UK).
What is the past tense of go it alone?
The past tense of go it alone is went it alone.

Words near go it alone in the dictionary

  1. go into
  2. go into detail
  3. go into one's shell
  4. go into the long grass
  5. go it
  6. go it alone
  7. go it blind
  8. go it, ye cripples
  9. go it, you cripples
  10. go juice
  11. go jump in the lake

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