go it alone
idiom
: to do something by oneself
If no one's willing to help me, I guess I'll just have to go it alone.
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Building Resilience Through Partnership While technology is a crucial enabler of security and compliance, businesses cannot go it alone.
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Peter Kellis, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
Contrary to Trump’s sophomoric view of the world, America absolutely cannot go it alone; our industrial sectors are thoroughly enmeshed, as is our security cooperation.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 30 Apr. 2025
The Trump budget cuts now mean Europe may have to go it alone, possibly facing further delays.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 30 June 2025
Shared infrastructure: Colleges didn’t go it alone.
—Angela Jackson, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
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Peter Kellis, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
Contrary to Trump’s sophomoric view of the world, America absolutely cannot go it alone; our industrial sectors are thoroughly enmeshed, as is our security cooperation.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 30 Apr. 2025
The Trump budget cuts now mean Europe may have to go it alone, possibly facing further delays.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 30 June 2025
Shared infrastructure: Colleges didn’t go it alone.
—Angela Jackson, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
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“Go it alone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20it%20alone. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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