shift for oneself

idiom

: to do things without help from others
She left them to shift for themselves.

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“Shift for oneself.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shift%20for%20oneself. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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