one-man band

See also: one man band

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one-man band (plural one-man bands)

  1. A musician who plays several musical instruments at once.
    1. (by extension, derogatory) A band in which the frontman does most of the work and is the spotlight or the center of attention, usually to the detriment of other band members.
  2. (idiomatic, by extension) An organisation or business that is effectively run by only one person.
    Near-synonym: one-man army
    • 2007 December 9, Peter Preston, “Challenges for the rising son”, in The Observer, UK:
      The corporation he will someday inherit—growing, churning—won't work as a one-man band.
    • 2024 July 3, Alexandra Topping, Jim Waterson, Tom Ambrose, “The Sun backs Labour on eve of election as Times also offers cautious support”, in The Guardian‎[1], →ISSN:
      It goes on to argue that the Reform UK party is a “one-man band which at best can win only a handful of MPs”, while the Liberal Democrats are dismissed as “a joke”.

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