leave sb to their own devices
Definition
C2 to allow someone to make their own decisions about what to do: He seemed to be a responsible person, so I left him to his own devices.Freedom to actOpportunity
(Definition of leave sb to their own devices from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- Affecting and influencing
- Being based on or depending on something
- Controlling and being in charge
- Lack of freedom to act
- Liberating, relaxing and releasing
- Limiting and restricting
- Managing and organizing
- People in charge of or controlling other people
- Power to control
- Range and limits
- Self-control and moderation
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leave sb cold idiom
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leave sb high and dry idiom
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leave sb in the lurch idiom
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leave sb out in the cold idiom
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leave sb standing idiom
- leave sb to their own devices idiom
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leave sb/sth out phrasal verb
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leave sth aside phrasal verb
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leave sth behind phrasal verb
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leave sth for/to sb phrasal verb
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leave sth in your wake idiom
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Synonyms and related words:
- (as) free as a bird idiom
- at will idiom
- autonomous adjective
- autonomy noun
- be a law unto yourself idiom
- feel free idiom
- free agent noun
- free country noun
- free hand noun
- free-form adjective
- liberated adjective
- liberating adjective
- liberation noun
- libertarian noun
- licence noun
- self-inflicted adjective
- the world is sb's oyster idiom
- think for yourself phrasal verb
- unaccountable adjective (NOT RESPONSIBLE)
- unfettered adjective
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