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to leave alone, unsupervised, without assistance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, transitive
Examples
- Left to my own devices, I'll spend hours staring into space, just thinking.
- Let's leave her to her own devices and see what she comes up with.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Dutch:
aan zijn lot overlaten
— to leave alone, unsupervised, without assistance
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Finnish:
jättää oman onnensa nojaan
— to leave alone, unsupervised, without assistance
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French:
livrer à soi-même
— to leave alone, unsupervised, without assistance
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French:
laisser pour compte
— to leave alone, unsupervised, without assistance
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German:
seinem Schicksal überlassen
— to leave alone, unsupervised, without assistance
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Polish:
pozostawiać samemu sobie
— to leave alone, unsupervised, without assistance
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Polish:
pozostawić samemu sobie
— to leave alone, unsupervised, without assistance
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Russian:
предоставля́ть са́мому себе́
(predostavljátʹ sámomu sebé)
— to leave alone, unsupervised, without assistance
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Turkish:
kendi haline bırakmak
— to leave alone, unsupervised, without assistance
