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one-manˈone-man adjective [only before noun] ![](img/spkr_b.png) - a one-man crusade to ban the film
- a one-man show
- Car 638 was rebuilt for one-man operation in 1969, but was found unsuitable and subsequently scrapped.
- He'd go down a storm at hen nights as a one-man Chippendales.
- His one-man factory became a powerhouse.
- His one-man show yesterday failed to prevent the Hammers moving to fourth in the First Division but it saved Pompey from embarrassment.
- Many believe that the consultation process was manipulated to entrench one-man, one-party rule.
- Producers may favour one-man shows for economic reasons, but that doesn't in itself mean that the audience is being short-changed.
- The range of suppliers is also wide - from public agencies through major commercial operations to one-man consultancies.
- They entered traffic in 1982 after a series of teething troubles, and union resistance to one-man operation.
► one-man show He does a one-man show in Las Vegas. NOUN► band· But as a one-man band, his overheads were similarly negligible.· An impressive variety of practices is featured in the exhibition, from the one-man band to the big, quoted companies.· Can a journalist ferret out the facts while operating as a one-man band?· Lunchtime on a day in June, cadenza in the rising wind: is there anything wrong with a one-man band?· Agencies can be one-man bands, small outfits, large public companies which may work internationally, or multinational companies.· It is at this stage of the hob that the one-man band plays the best music.· The best are the one-man bands who excel at all the things the large corporate consultancies pretend to. ► show· Producers may favour one-man shows for economic reasons, but that doesn't in itself mean that the audience is being short-changed.· A.R. What was the one-man show about?· At this stage, let me introduce the other players in this epic-because it was far from a one-man show.· Grandage's production, however, is much more than a one-man show.· Inside this flawed, and somehow centre-less, one-man show are some poignant questions.· His one-man show yesterday failed to prevent the Hammers moving to fourth in the First Division but it saved Pompey from embarrassment.· Modigliani's one-man show, scheduled to last throughout the month of December, closed on the day that it opened.· For a brief moment the one-man show had seemed so promising and he had dared to hope. performed, operated, controlled etc by one person: He does a one-man show in Las Vegas. a one-man business |