fend for yourself
— phrasal verb with fend uk/fend/us/fend/verb
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.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Unaided and working alone
- go
- go it alone idiom
- independent
- own
- self-help
- self-reliant
- self-sufficient
- self-taught
- stand
- stand on your own (two) feet idiom
- stand-alone
- steam
- throw
- throw sb back on their own resources idiom
- unaided
- unassisted
- under your own steam idiom
- unsupported
- with your own fair hand(s) idiom
- yourself
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