fend for yourself
phrasal verbfend for yourself
to take care of yourself without help from anyone else 照料自己；自谋生计 His parents agreed to pay the rent for his apartment but otherwise left him to fend for himself. 他的父母同意替他付房租，其他的则让他自己解决。 The fox was released into the wild when it was old enough to fend for itself. 当狐狸长大到可以自己照顾自己的时候，它被放回了野外。 The children were left to fend for themselves. 那些孩子当时须自立。 We can let our guests fend for themselves. 我们可以让客人自己照顾自己。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + fend for- be able to
- be left to
- have to
- …