fly solo

English

Verb

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.
   • 2019 January 16, “Ashleigh Barty loses coach but wins latest Australian Open encounter”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     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.

Further reading

• “fly solo” in Idioms and phrases, TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.