Fend for
Keep
Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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Bud and Kelly went home to pick it but decided to keep it for themselves and let their parents to fend for themselves.
Source: Work Off the Debt - At first she has The Doctor (not that Doctor) to keep her company and run the entire ship, but his program eventually breaks down and she is left to fend for herself.
Source: Go Mad from the Isolation -
There are no provisions inside to keep the prisoners fed and housed (though food is implied to be sent once a month by the girl in Chock Full O' Nuts), they simply fend for themselves in any way that they can.
Source: Film / Escape from New York
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