device Idiom, Proverb
Left to your own devices
If someone is left to their own devices, they are not controlled and can do what they want.
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leave to someone's own devices.
leave to someone's own devices
leave to someone's own devices Allow someone to do as he or she wishes. For example,
Left to his own devices, he would hire someone to do the yard work. This expression, uses
device in the sense of “a plan or scheme.” [Late 1800s]