"fend for oneself" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: fends for oneself [present, singular, third-person], fending for oneself [participle, present], fended for oneself [participle, past], fended for oneself [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} fend for oneself (third-person singular simple present fends for oneself, present participle fending for oneself, simple past and past participle fended for oneself)
  1. To take care of oneself without help. Translations (to take care of oneself without help): zijn eigen boontjes doppen (Dutch), huolehtia itsestään (Finnish), pitää huolta itsestään (Finnish), radzić sobie [imperfective] (Polish), poradzić sobie [perfective] (Polish), buscarse la vida (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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