leave one to own devices

leave one to one's own devices

and leave one to one's own resources

Fig. to make one rely on oneself.—I am sure that she will manage if we leave her to her own devices. I will leave her to her own resources and everything will turn out fine.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Anka	AHN-kah (Polish)	Polish, Bulgarian, Croatian, Serbian
Linda	LIN-də (English), LIN-dah (German), LEEN-dah (Italian, Finnish)	English, Dutch, German, Italian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, French, Latvian, Finnish, Hu
Bella	BEL-ə	English
Cleo	['kli:əu]
Ziba (2)	-	Biblical
Eleni	e-LEN-ee	Greek