all alone

This page is about the collocation all alone

collocation pattern: adverb + adverb

Meaning

completely alone, or without friends or people you know

For example

  • I was scared because I was all alone.

  • There I was, all alone in a strange city with no friends and no money.

Note:
Also "all by yourself", "all by myself", "all by herself", etc.

Quick Quiz

I thought I was all alone, but

a. my clothes were in the cupboard

b. my friends were in the cupboard

c. they found me in the cupboard
a) my clothes were in the cupboard b) my friends were in the cupboard c) they found me in the cupboard

Contributor: Matt Errey