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English Idioms :: alone
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ALONE-2.html - See: LET ALONE or LEAVE ALONE, LET WELL ENOUGH ALONE or LEAVE WELL ENOUGH ALONE. |
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Traditional English :: alone
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ALONE-2.html - adj. & adv. --predic.adj. 1 a without others present (they wanted to be alone; the tree stood alone). b without others' help (succeeded alone). c lonely and wretched (felt alone). 2 (often foll. by in) standing by oneself in an opinion etc. (was alone in thinking this). --adv. only, exclusively (you alone can help me). go it alone act by oneself without assistance. aloneness n. [ME f. ALL + ONE] |
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English Idioms :: alone
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ALONE-2.html - See: LET ALONE or LEAVE ALONE, LET WELL ENOUGH ALONE or LEAVE WELL ENOUGH ALONE. |
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English Idioms :: along
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ALONE-2.html - See: ALL ALONG or RIGHT ALONG, COME ALONG, GET ALONG, GO ALONG, RUN ALONG, STRING ALONG. |
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English Idioms :: along for the ride
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ALONE-2.html - {adv. phr.}, {informal} Being in a group for the fun or the credit without doing any of the work. * /He wants no members in his political party who are just along for the ride./ |
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English Idioms :: alongside of
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ALONE-2.html - {prep.} 1. At or along the side of. * /We walked alongside of the river./ 2. Together with. * /I played alongside of Tom on the same team./ Compare: SHOULDER TO SHOULDER, SIDE BY SIDE. 3. {informal} Compared with or to; measured next to. * /His money doesn't look like much alongside of a millionaire's./ |
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