fend for (yourself)

to take care of yourself.

The girl took everything she could carry and left the boy all alone to fend for himself.

• get the push
• get the runaround
• get the sack
• get the shaft
• get the short end
• get the short end of the stick
• get the thumbs down
• get the thumbs up
• get the upper hand
• get the wind up
• get the wind up someone
• get the wrong end of the stick
• get through
• get through to
• get through to someone
• getting on
• getting on in years
• getting on toward
• getting there is half the fun
• get to first base
• get to grips with
• get to grips with something
• get tongue around
• get tongue around something
• get tongue round