fend

kendi başının çaresine bakmak

Başkalarından yardım almadan kendine bakmak ve ihtiyaçlarını karşılamak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To look after yourself and provide what you need without help from others.

• Can you fend for yourself?
• She learned to fend for herself at college.
• The young birds are now fending for themselves.

Nasıl kullanılır: fend for oneself (The children had to fend for themselves while their parents worked.)

Eş anlamlılar: look after oneself, manage on one's own

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: fend for yourself, fend for themselves, fend for oneself