leave someone to their own devices
English
Pronunciation
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Verb
- (transitive, idiomatic) to leave alone, unsupervised, without assistance.
- 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.
Translations
to leave alone, unsupervised, without assistance
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