(idiomatic) To begin an enterprise or recover from a setback without any outside help; to succeed only by one's own efforts or abilities.

The position of a person or team in a tournament or competition who draws no opponent in a particular round so advances to the next round unopposed, or is awarded points for a win in a league table; also the phantom opponent of such a person or team.

Out of the way; remote. / Secondary; supplementary.

(colloquial) Goodbye.

A male person.

Obsolete spelling of by

Obsolete spelling of bee

A local custom or law of a settlement or district. / A rule made by a local authority to regulate its own affairs.

A rite of passage through the survival or success of a crisis or ordeal.

Individually in succession; one at a time.