be left to (one's) own devices

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be left to (one's) own devices

To be left unsupervised or uncontrolled; to be allowed to do as one pleases. My job is really great: I know what I need to work on and am just left to my own devices. If left to their own devices, children will get into all sorts of mischief!

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Medea	mə-DEE-ə (English)	Greek Mythology (Latinized), Georgian
Hoshea	-	Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Radoslav	rah-dah-SLAHF (Russian)	Czech, Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, Medieval Slavic
Feliciano	fe-lee-CHYAH-no (Italian), fe-lee-THYAH-no (Spanish), fe-lee-SYAH-no (Latin American Spanish)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Bharata	-	Hinduism
Irja	EER-yah	Finnish