"fly solo" meaning in All languages combined

See fly solo on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: flies solo [present, singular, third-person], flying solo [participle, present], flew solo [past], flown solo [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|fly<,,flew,flown> solo}} fly solo (third-person singular simple present flies solo, present participle flying solo, simple past flew solo, past participle flown solo)
  1. (intransitive, idiomatic) To do something without aid or supervision. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive
    Sense id: en-fly_solo-en-verb-~nZWrsyQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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    },
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        {
          "ref": "2019 January 16, “Ashleigh Barty loses coach but wins latest Australian Open encounter”, in The Guardian:",
          "text": "Playing with freedom and no fear, Ashleigh Barty has powered into the Australian Open third round without even a coach. Barty clubbed China’s Yafan Wang 6-2, 6-3 on Wednesday before revealing she had been largely flying solo during her charge to the last 32 for only the second time.",
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        "To do something without aid or supervision."
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, idiomatic) To do something without aid or supervision."
      ],
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        "(intransitive, idiomatic) To do something without aid or supervision."
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    }
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