# leave someone to their fate

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/leave-someone-to-their-fate
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

to abandon; to give up on; to leave on their own – chiefly in regard to avoid upcoming misfortune

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