leave one to 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.
See also: fate, leave, one
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- come to a bad end
- come to a bad/sticky end
- get (someone) out of (something)
- if looks could kill
- if looks could kill...
- look daggers at, to
- leave (one) to stew in (one's) own juice(s)
- hard way, the
- fall out with (someone) about (something)
- be/feel sick at heart