shift for oneself

shift for oneself
shift for oneself & fend for oneself
to get along by oneself; to support oneself. •

I'm sorry, I can't pay your rent anymore. You'll just have to shift for yourself.

When I became twenty years old, I left home and began to fend for myself.

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{v. phr.} To live or act independently with no help, guidance or protection from others; take care of yourself. * /Mrs. McCarthy was forced to shift for herself after her husband died./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • shift for oneself — {v. phr.} To live or act independently with no help, guidance or protection from others; take care of yourself. * /Mrs. McCarthy was forced to shift for herself after her husband died./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • shift for oneself — ► shift for oneself manage alone as best one can. Main Entry: ↑shift …   English terms dictionary

  • shift for oneself — COPE, manage, survive, make it, fend for oneself, take care of oneself, make do, get by/along, scrape by/along, muddle through; stand on one s own two feet; informal make out. → shift * * * shift for oneself To depend on one s own resources • • • …   Useful english dictionary

  • shift\ for\ oneself — v. phr. To live or act independently with no help, guidance or protection from others; take care of yourself. Mrs. McCarthy was forced to shift for herself after her husband died …   Словарь американских идиом

  • shift for oneself — manage alone as best one can. → shift …   English new terms dictionary

  • shift for oneself — manage by oneself, manage alone …   English contemporary dictionary

  • fend for oneself — TAKE CARE OF ONESELF, look after oneself, provide for oneself, shift for oneself, manage by oneself, cope alone, stand on one s own two feet. → fend …   Useful english dictionary

  • fend for oneself — Syn: take care of oneself, look after oneself, shift for oneself, cope alone, stand on one s own two feet …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • fend for oneself — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. take care of oneself, stay alive, get along, shift for oneself; see live 4 , subsist , survive 1 …   English dictionary for students

  • shift — ► VERB 1) move or change from one position to another. 2) Brit. informal move quickly. 3) (shift oneself) Brit. informal move or rouse oneself. 4) Brit. remove (a stain). 5) informal sell (goods) quickly or in large quantities. 6) …   English terms dictionary

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