leave someone to their own devices

== English == === Pronunciation === === Verb === leave someone to their own devices (third-person singular simple present leaves someone to their own devices, present participle leaving someone to their own devices, simple past and past participle left someone to their own devices) (transitive, idiomatic) to leave alone, unsupervised, without assistance. ==== Translations ==== === See also === fend for oneself === References === “leave*own devices”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.