single-handed

/ˌsɪŋglˈhændɪd/ adjective

Definition

› done without help from anyone else: The trucking company took single-handed control of most of the 6,500 independent truckers that service Los Angeles.

(Definition of single-handed adjective from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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