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go it alone

  1. Undertake a project, trip, or responsibility without the aid or presence of others. For example, If you decide not to help, I'll just go it alone. [Mid-1800s]



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Having missed securing a spot among the groups traveling to Normandy, Bernie, a Royal Navy veteran, with Rene’s encouragement, decides to go it alone.

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A Turkish diplomatic source told AFP over the weekend that Ankara "continues to advocate a co-presidency model" but was willing to go it alone should consensus not be reached.

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So far, Musk has suggested he wants to go it alone with robotaxis.

“He prefers to go it alone. And he has backed up these words with actions in both his first and second terms, pulling out of many international treaties and multilateral institutions.”

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Corbyn has not agreed to co-leadership, although he has not ruled this out, so some suspected she was preparing to "go it alone".

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