leave one to fate

leave one to one's fate

to abandon someone to whatever may happen—possibly death or some other unpleasant event. We couldn't rescue the miners and were forced to leave them to their fate. Please don't try to help. Just go away and leave me to my fate.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Mcdonough	[mək'dʌnə]
Aarne	AH:R-ne	Finnish
Alte (1)	-	Yiddish
ZezÉ	-	Portuguese
Itzhak	-	Hebrew
Yasamin	-	Persian