by oneself
prep_phraseDefinitions
Unaided
Unaided; without assistance or help from others.
- I have always wondered why shoe salesmen think I can't tie my shoes by myself.
- You ate the whole thing by yourself?
Alone, without another's immediate company.
- She sat by herself in the corner, waiting quietly.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see by, oneself.
- He kept the gun by himself at all times.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for by oneself. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA