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going it alone

going it alone is the present participle and gerund of go it alone.

Meaning of go it alone

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.
    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

Questions about going it alone

What is going it alone the present participle and gerund of?
Going it alone is the present participle and gerund of go it alone.

Words near going it alone in the dictionary

  1. going into
  2. going into detail
  3. going into one's shell
  4. going into the long grass
  5. going it
  6. going it alone
  7. going left
  8. going like a dream
  9. going long
  10. going mad
  11. going mental

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