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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

lone it en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, informal) Synonym of go it alone.
    • Gerry had taken hires he shouldn't have taken, loned it across the mountains in a season he shouldn't have. 1995, C.J. Cherryh, Rider at the Gate:
    • I had a long walk home and no company, but I usually lone it anyway, for no reason except that I like to watch movies undisturbed so I can get into them and live them with the actors. … So I loned it. 1967, S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders:
    • who loned it through the streets of Idaho seeking visionary indian angels who were visionary indian angels 1956, Allen Ginsberg, “Howl”, in Howl and Other Poems (Pocket Poets Series), City Lights Books, →OCLC:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
loning it Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
loned it Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
loned it Tense=Past lexicographic
lones it Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Synonyms

go it alone