leave (one) to (one's) fate
leave (one) to (one's) fate
To refuse to aid or assist one, instead allowing for whatever outcome was bound to occur naturally. I don't consider myself a hero. I just knew I couldn't leave those people to their fates in that burning building. I appealed to my father-in-law to loan me the money I needed to keep the business afloat, but he just left me to my fate.
See also: fate, leave
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- do what comes naturally
- always the way
- natch
- but then
- dummy up
- throw (oneself) at (someone's) head
- clam up
- fling (oneself) at (someone)
- fling (oneself) at (someone's) head
- fling oneself at someone