leave someone to their own devices

Meaning: (transitive,idiomatic)to leavealone,unsupervised, without assistance.Left to my own devices, I'll spend hours staring into space, just thinking.Let'sleave her to her own devicesand see what she comes up with.1953,Ian Fleming,Casino Royale,page32:‘Forgive me,’ he said to the girl, ‘while I telephone to the Dubernes. I must arrange my rendezvous for dinner tonight. Are you sure you won't mind beingleft to your own devicesthis evening?’1963February, “Nobody runs this railway, mate”, inModern Railways, page75:But surely one of the most often-heard complaints this past year or so, not only from passengers and traders, but from many of these selfsame railwaymen, is that the latter areleft too much to their own devicesto sort out their problems as best they can; [...].

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