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by themselves

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by themselves 
1. with help from no one else. Do you think they can do it by themselves? Mike and Max cannot lift the piano by themselves.
2. with no one else present; alone (of two or more people). They are sitting there by themselves. Let's sit with them. They enjoy spending the evening at home by themselves.
See also: themselves


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2) Children need to learn very young to play by themselves and amuse themselves.
Otherwise, the lonely person may often be reached by a gesture of friendship--or by themselves reaching out to others, attempting to overcome the shyness or lack of social skills that led to loneliness.
Enterprises can make decisions on investment by themselves on the basis of market situation, and the government mainly undertakes market readjustment and macro regulation.
 
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