leave to one's own devices

Verb

idiomatic transitive

(transitive, idiomatic) to leave alone, unsupervised, without assistance.

Japanese Meaning

放っておく / 見守らずにそのままにする / 自分の判断に任せる / 手助けせずに自力で対処させる

To leave to one's own devices a group of teenagers for an entire day would be irresponsible.

十代の若者のグループを丸一日放っておくのは無責任だ。

Sense（1）

(transitive, idiomatic) to leave alone, unsupervised, without assistance.

Left to my own devices, I'll spend hours staring into space, just thinking.

leaves to one's own devices

（ present singular third-person ）

leaving to one's own devices

（ participle present ）

left to one's own devices

（ participle past ）

left to one's own devices

（ past ）