If you get along on your own, with no assistance from another person, you can say that you fend for yourself.
A fiend.
Verb
withstand the force of something; "The trees resisted her"; "stand the test of time"; "The mountain climbers had to fend against the ice and snow"
Verb
try to manage without help; "The youngsters had to fend for themselves after their parents died"
n.
A fiend.
v. t.
To keep off; to prevent from entering or hitting; to ward
off; to shut out; -- often with off; as, to fend off blows.
v. i.
To act on the defensive, or in opposition; to resist; to
parry; to shift off.
Fend
Fend
With fern beneath to fend the bitter cold.
Fend
The dexterous management of terms, and being able to fend . . . with them, passes for a great part of learning.
A fiend.
To keep off; to prevent from entering or hitting; to ward off; to shut out; -- often with off;
To act on the defensive, or in opposition; to resist; to parry; to shift off.
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We must then build a proper relationship between the richest and the poorest countries based on our desire that they are able to fend for themselves with the investment that is necessary in their agriculture, so that Africa is not a net importer of food, but an exporter of food.
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