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a lone wolf
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someone who prefers to live or work alone
Neutral or slightly negative. In news it can also mean an attacker who acts alone, so take care with the context.
In context
Duc is a bit of a lone wolf; he'd rather do the whole project himself.
Lone wolves sometimes struggle in jobs that need constant teamwork.
More idioms about people
- a chip off the old blocka child who is very like one of their parents in character or skills
- a cold fishsomeone who seems unfriendly and does not show feelings
- a drama queensomeone who reacts to small problems as if they were very serious
- a fair-weather friendsomeone who is your friend only when things are going well for you
- a friend in need is a friend indeeda person who helps you when you are in trouble is a true friend