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walk alone

walk alone verb: to walk without any companion.

Verb

walk alone (third-person singular simple present walks alone, present participle walking alone, simple past and past participle walked alone)

  1. (intransitive, literally) To walk without any companion.
  2. (figuratively, intransitive) To do something without help from anyone else, to be unaided in one's task.
    • I walk this lonely road, the only one that I have ever known.
      [I] don't know where it goes, but it's only me, and I walk alone.2004 September 21, “Boulevard of Broken Dreams”, in American Idiot, performed by Green Day
    Synonyms:
    go it alone
  3. (figuratively, intransitive, poetic) To be lonely, to desire social accompaniment.

Synonyms of walk alone

Forms of walk alone

third-person singular presentwalks alone
present participlewalking alone
past participlewalked alone
pastwalked alone

Words formed from walk alone

Questions about walk alone

What does walk alone mean?
Walk alone means to walk without any companion.
What part of speech is walk alone?
Walk alone is a verb.
What is the past tense of walk alone?
The past tense of walk alone is walked alone.

Words near walk alone in the dictionary

  1. walk a straight line
  2. walk a tightrope
  3. walk about
  4. walk after lunch
  5. walk all over
  6. walk alone
  7. walk and chew gum at the same time
  8. walk around
  9. walk around money
  10. walk away
  11. walk away from

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