fend for yourself
— phrasal verb with fend /fend/ verbDefinition
C2 to take care of and provide for yourself without depending on anyone else: Now that the children are old enough to fend for themselves, we can go away on holiday by ourselves.Unaided and working alone
(Definition of fend for yourself from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- go it alone idiom
- independent adjective (NOT HELPED)
- own determiner, pronoun
- self-help adjective, noun
- self-reliant adjective
- self-sufficient adjective
- single-handed adjective
- stand on your own (two) feet idiom
- stand-alone adjective
- throw sb back on their own resources idiom
- unaided adjective, adverb
- under your own steam idiom
- unsupported adjective (PERSON)
- with your own fair hand(s) idiom
- yourself pronoun (PERSON/PEOPLE ADDRESSED)
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