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lone

   Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus, Legal, Acronyms, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia, Hutchinson 0.09 sec.
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 plough a lone furrow, a voice in the wilderness
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.


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