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on your tod

on your tod

1 9.9
Alone with no one to help you
  • idiom
  • UK
translation icon : solo
  • After everyone left, I was stuck on my tod for the rest of the night.

Examples

  • He went to the cinema on his tod because no one else was free.

  • It's hard to finish this job on your tod without any help.

  • I prefer to work on my tod without distractions.

  • Are you really going to the concert on your tod?

  • I spent the weekend on your tod, just relaxing and reading books.

  • It's nice to go on holiday with friends, but sometimes I enjoy being on your tod.

  • After he moved to a new city, he found himself on your tod more often than he liked.

Synonyms

alone
vson your tod
∞ 1.0

By yourself with no other people present

adds that assistance is also absent, not only empty presence
in private
vson your tod
249 2.4

Without other people present

means being entirely by yourself with no company or help
independently
vson your tod
121 2.9

Without help from other people

focuses more on actual absence of people and help rather than ability
solo
vson your tod
60 2.9

Without any other people present

includes both being unaccompanied and lacking any help
single-handedly
vson your tod
57 4.1

Without help from other people

stresses physical being alone as well as doing tasks without help
singly
vson your tod
5 4.6

One at a time rather than in a group

denotes true solitary presence and no assistance, not mere individual count
on one's tod
vson your tod
  • UK
9.9

Alone without other people

is the same informal British phrasing for that solitude and lack of help
solitarily
vson your tod
6.8

By oneself without other people

emphasizes lack of company and also absence of assistance

Antonyms

together
∞ 1.0

In the same place or group with other people

How Alone

isolated
56 3.8
on your tod
  • UK
1 9.9
company
803 1.0

Surface Forms

on your tod positive

Morphology

on + your + tod

The phrase uses the dialectal/colloquial element 'tod', whose meaning is not the literal noun sense and is not predictable from 'on' + 'your' + 'tod'. Unlike transparent variants such as 'on your own', the idiomatic use of 'tod' to mean 'alone' is lexicalized and not inferable from the constituents, so a B1 learner knowing the basic words would not reliably derive the intended meaning.

Etymology

On your tod may come from an old dialect word tod meaning 'toad', an animal often seen alone. Because toads were seen by themselves, saying someone was on your tod came to mean 'alone' or 'by yourself'.