by oneself

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by oneself

1. with no one else present; alone (of two or more people). Must one sit by oneself or may one join another group? One just hates eating by oneself, doesn't one?

2. with the help of no one else. One is expected to do it by oneself. Can one do this by oneself?

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Nothing tastes better,' said she, 'than what one eats by oneself,' and she was very much pleased with her day's work. The Yellow Fairy Book by Lang, Andrew View in context And one knows it sometimes when one stands by oneself in a wood at sunset and the mysterious deep gold stillness slanting through and under the branches seems to be saying slowly again and again something one cannot quite hear, however much one tries. The Secret Garden by Burnett, Frances Hodgson View in context One can put up with the annoyance so long as one is by oneself. The Country Doctor by de Balzac, Honore View in context			by check by choice by coincidence By cracky! by day by definition by degrees by dint of by fair means or foul by far by force of habit by godfrey by guess and by gosh by hand by heart by herself by hook or by crook by hook or crook by itself by leaps and bounds by main strength and awkwardness by means of by mistake by myself by no means by oneself by ourselves by return mail and by return post by rote by shank's mare by the back door by the book by the day by the dozen by the dozens by the end of the day by the handful by the hour by the month by the name by the nape of the neck by the same token by the seat of pants by the skin of teeth by the sweat of brow by the unit by the way by the week by the year by themselves by virtue of			by means of by means of by means of by means of by means of by memory by miles by mistake By My Self By myself By Name Assignment By Name Request by nature by night by no manner of means by no manner of means by no manner of means by no means by no means by no means by no means by no means by no means by no stretch of the imagination by no stretch of the imagination by no stretch of the imagination by no stretch of the imagination by no stretch of the imagination by one party By one's self by oneself By operation of law By operation of law by order By Other Means by ourselves by own volition by own volition by own volition by own volition by past practice by proxy by reason of by reason of by reason of By Recommendation Only by request by request by return by return by return by return by return by return mail and by return post by return of post by return of post by return of post by return of post by return of post by right by right

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