Definition of "fend for" []

• Argue or speak in defense of (verb)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "She shooed them onto the slopes of Cold Mountain to fend for themselves through the autumn, fattening on what mast they could find, which would be plenty."
• "Command's leaving all the firebases to fend for themselves."
• "Doe #4 escapes, leaving the three surviving kits sired by the Chinchilla to fend for themselves."