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.
See also: fate, leave, one

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
KentKENTEnglish
Ambre-French
Oriol-Catalan
KileyKIE-leeEnglish
Raisa (3)-Arabic
Nausikaa-Greek Mythology