all to yourself/himself/herself/themselves
idiom
: not shared with anyone : not in company with anyone else
She had the house all to herself.
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This is the only camp to be granted access to a 130-acre concession in this virtually unvisited stretch of the park, meaning guests mostly have the toothy, wild residents (such as lions, leopards, elephants, and hippos) all to themselves.
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Jennifer Flowers, AFAR Media, 3 Apr. 2025
Boasberg, who is the Chief Judge of the D.C. District Court, seems to be grabbing the 'Trump Cases' all to himself, even though it is not supposed to happen that way.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
That’s a select group in college basketball history and not one the Jayhawks wanted all to themselves.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 21 Mar. 2025
The skyscrapers, cloudless skies and sheer decadence of that kind of rooftop amenity all to yourself, in the middle of the metropolis.
—Zoë Dare Hall, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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Jennifer Flowers, AFAR Media, 3 Apr. 2025
Boasberg, who is the Chief Judge of the D.C. District Court, seems to be grabbing the 'Trump Cases' all to himself, even though it is not supposed to happen that way.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
That’s a select group in college basketball history and not one the Jayhawks wanted all to themselves.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 21 Mar. 2025
The skyscrapers, cloudless skies and sheer decadence of that kind of rooftop amenity all to yourself, in the middle of the metropolis.
—Zoë Dare Hall, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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“All to yourself/himself/herself/themselves.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all%20to%20yourself%2Fhimself%2Fherself%2Fthemselves. Accessed 17 May. 2025.
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