every woman for herself

every woman for herself

Each woman in a given group or situation must depend on herself for her own success or safety. Often hyphenated and used as a modifier before nouns. In an industry that has typically been every woman for herself, our lobby group aims to provide a network for women so that they can help each other get ahead. In the world of politics, we're forced to maintain an every-woman-for-herself attitude if we want to be taken seriously alongside our male colleagues.
See also: every, herself, woman
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • high old
  • once in a lifetime
  • first hand
  • carrot
  • carrot and stick
  • carrot-and-stick
  • round robin
  • a round robin
  • eleventh hour
  • heads I win, tails you lose