lone rangering
- noun
- US
:
trabajo en solitario
- Though the project required a team, she preferred lone rangering to maintain full control.
Examples
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His habit of lone rangering sometimes made colleagues feel excluded.
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Many startups encourage lone rangering as it allows for quick decision-making without team delays.
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Despite the risks of lone rangering, the manager admired his initiative.
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His approach to the project was pure lone rangering.
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She prefers lone rangering to working in teams.
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His passion for lone rangering often led him to tackle projects by himself, even when collaboration was an option.
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While lone rangering can be rewarding, it may also result in feelings of isolation from coworkers.
Antonyms
How Independent
- US
89
1.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
lone + rangering
While 'lone' is transparent, 'rangering' is not a standard dictionary word and its relation to known bases (e.g., 'ranger' or 'range') is unclear. Because one constituent is nonstandard/nonce and the compound formation is unpredictable, a B1 learner who only knows the literal parts would not reliably infer the intended meaning.
Etymology
The noun lone rangering may come from the picture of a lone hero like an old western ranger who rides out alone to solve problems. That's why lone rangering means 'to work alone' or to do a job without help from a team.