throw sb back on their own resources
Definition
› to force someone to take care of themselves without help from others: When both his parents died, the boy was thrown back on his own resources.Unaided and working alone
(Definition of throw sb back on their own resources from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- fend for yourself phrasal verb
- 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
- 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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