"lone it" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-lone it.ogg [Australia] Forms: lones it [present, singular, third-person], loning it [participle, present], loned it [participle, past], loned it [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} lone it (third-person singular simple present lones it, present participle loning it, simple past and past participle loned it)
  1. (idiomatic) To go alone. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: go it alone

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