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leave to one's own devices

To leave alone, unsupervised, without assistance.
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Let's leave her to her own devices and see what she comes up with.

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اتركه لأجهزته الخاصة

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leave somebody in the lurchlick one's chopsleave someone out in the coldleave well enough alonelegend in one's own lifetimeleave somebody holding the baglick one's chopsleave offleave overleave offlet the grass grow under one's feetleave someone holding the baglet one goleave well enough alone

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