go-it-alone

go-it-alone

English

Etymology

From the verb go it alone.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡəʊ ɪt əˈləʊn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡoʊ ɪt əˈloʊn/

Adjective

go-it-alone

1. (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, 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

German: im Alleingang