fend for oneself

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fendforoneself(third-person singular simple presentfends for oneself,present participlefending for oneself,simple past and past participlefended for oneself)

  1. Totake careof oneself without help.
    After her mother passed away, she had to learn tofend for herself.
    • 2012,Christoper Zara,Tortured Artists: From Picasso and Monroe to Warhol and Winehouse, the Twisted Secrets of the World's Most Creative Minds,part 1, chapter 1,26:
      Clara's father, a trollish ne'er-do-well who spent most of his time in brothels and saloons, would disappear for days and weeks at a stretch, leaving Clara and her mother tofend for themselves.

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