(exp) (1) fighting (tilting at) windmills
working oneself up even though there really isn't anything to fight at
(2) single-person mimicking a wrestling match
(n) being the sole master of the situation
reigning supreme
standing unchallenged
(n) being the sole master of the situation
reigning supreme
standing unchallenged
(n) self-conceited person
ego-tripper
swelled head
(n) performing solo (by oneself)
having the stage to oneself
being in sole command
eclipsing (outshining) the others
field of activity in which one is unrivaled (unrivalled)
(n,vs) walking alone
walking unaided
going alone
standing on one's own
(P)
(n) aloneness
loneliness
solitude
(n) aloneness
loneliness
solitude
(exp) playing alone
(n,vs) being independent
standing on one's own
becoming independent
(n) dictatorship
despotism
(n) autocratic rule
(n) dictatorship
(n,adj-no) dictatorship
despotic government
(adj-no,vs) independently developed
proprietary
(n) unmarried persons living affluently
(n,vs) bachelor's life
life of a bachelor
(n) bachelor
single male
(n) monopoly business, enterprise
(n) monopolistic capital
(n) self-righteousness
(n,vs) acting arbitrarily on one's own authority
acting arbitrarily without consultation
(n) Franco-German War (i.e. the Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871)
(n) solitary confinement
(n) (1) independence movement
(2) mutually independent
(n) single or detached house
(n) independent administration
(n) (comp) noncontiguous item
(n) independence and self-reliance
(n) (spirit of) independence and self-respect
