leave one to one's fate

leave one to one's 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.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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