leave someone to their fate

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leave someone to their fate (third-person singular simple present leaves someone to their fate, present participle leaving someone to their fate, simple past and past participle left someone to their fate)

  1. (idiomatic) to abandon; to give up on; to leave on their own – chiefly in regard to avoid upcoming misfortune
    I thought I could rely on you, and yet you completely leave me to my fate during my illness!
    When the brake pedal stopped working at that speed, I jumped out through the door and left my car to its fate.