Citations:go it alone

English citations of go it alone

1. (colloquial) To do something alone or independently, especially something that is normally or better done in groups.
   • 1844, Seba Smith, “The First Blood of the Revolution”, in Seba Smith, editor, The Rover: A Weekly Magazine of Tales, Poetry, and Engravings, also, Sketches of Travel, History and Biography, volume III, number 20, New York, N.Y.: Published by S. B. Dean & Co., 123 Fulton Street, →OCLC, page 308, column 1:

     They said if the new governor was going to try to go that gate, he might go it alone for all them, and they wouldn't touch to nominate another single counsellor; and they didn't.