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left someone to their own devices

left someone to their own devices is the simple past and past participle of leave someone to their own devices.

Meaning of leave someone to their own devices

Verb

leave someone to their own devices (third-person singular simple present leaves someone to their own devices, present participle leaving someone to their own devices, simple past and past participle left someone to their own devices)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) to leave alone, unsupervised, without assistance.
    • Left to my own devices, I'll spend hours staring into space, just thinking.

Questions about left someone to their own devices

What is left someone to their own devices the simple past and past participle of?
Left someone to their own devices is the simple past and past participle of leave someone to their own devices.

Words near left someone to their own devices in the dictionary

  1. left someone no choice
  2. left someone on read
  3. left someone on seen
  4. left someone out in the cold
  5. left someone to their fate
  6. left someone to their own devices
  7. left something to be desired
  8. left the ball in someone's court
  9. left the chat
  10. left the door open
  11. left the nest

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