find oneself with

find (oneself) with (something)

To reach some conclusion, state, or situation, often unexpectedly or unintentionally Well, Grandma warned you that if you kept going out in this cold weather without a coat, you'd find yourself with pneumonia. I'm going to the concert tonight after all—Brian's sister bailed on him, so he found himself with an extra ticket.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

find oneself with someone or something

to discover that one has a disease or a problem. I found myself with a terrible case of sunburn after the first day of my vacation.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • find (oneself) with (something)
  • find (oneself) in the market for (something)
  • find (oneself) without (someone or something)
  • find oneself without
  • end up at
  • end up at (some place)
  • find way
  • find your/its way
  • find its way somewhere
  • find one's way
References in periodicals archive
Many households are indeed in difficulty - to find oneself with a mortgage but no job is a traumatic event - but as we have argued these past few years, the aggregate position is one of resilience, not fragility.