fend for oneself
verbDefinitions
To take care of oneself without help.
- After her mother passed away, she had to learn to fend for herself.
- Clara's father, a trollish ne'er-do-well who spent most of his time in brothels and saloons, would disappear for days and weeks at a stretch, leaving Clara and her mother to fend for themselves.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for fend for oneself. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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