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lone

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a lone wolf
a person who prefers to do things on their own. The typical role for Bogart was the Casablanca character, a lone wolf, cynical but heroic.
See also: wolf

plough a lone/lonely furrow (mainly British, literary)

to do something alone and without help from other people. He'd always been happier working in isolation, ploughing a lone furrow.

a (lone) voice in the wilderness

if you are a voice in the wilderness, you are the only person expressing a particular opinion, although later other people understand that you were right. With her passionate pleas for peace, she was a lone voice in the wilderness.
See also: voice, wilderness

a (lone) voice in the wilderness
someone who expresses an idea or opinion that is not popular. For many years, she was a lone voice in the wilderness who wrote about the need for better urban planning.
See also: voice, wilderness

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