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shift for yourself — to do things without help from others She left them to shift for themselves. [=fend for themselves] • • • Main Entry: ↑shift * * * ˌshift for yourˈself derived (BrE) to do things without help from other people • … Useful english dictionary
shift for oneself — {v. phr.} To live or act independently with no help, guidance or protection from others; take care of yourself. * /Mrs. McCarthy was forced to shift for herself after her husband died./ … Dictionary of American idioms
shift for oneself — {v. phr.} To live or act independently with no help, guidance or protection from others; take care of yourself. * /Mrs. McCarthy was forced to shift for herself after her husband died./ … Dictionary of American idioms
shift for oneself — ► shift for oneself manage alone as best one can. Main Entry: ↑shift … English terms dictionary
shift for oneself — COPE, manage, survive, make it, fend for oneself, take care of oneself, make do, get by/along, scrape by/along, muddle through; stand on one s own two feet; informal make out. → shift * * * shift for oneself To depend on one s own resources • • • … Useful english dictionary
shift\ for\ oneself — v. phr. To live or act independently with no help, guidance or protection from others; take care of yourself. Mrs. McCarthy was forced to shift for herself after her husband died … Словарь американских идиом
shift for oneself — manage alone as best one can. → shift … English new terms dictionary
shift for oneself — manage by oneself, manage alone … English contemporary dictionary
Shift work — is an employment practice designed to make use of the 24 hours of the clock, rather than a standard working day. The term shift work includes both long term night shifts and work schedules in which employees change or rotate shifts. [cite web… … Wikipedia
shift — ► VERB 1) move or change from one position to another. 2) Brit. informal move quickly. 3) (shift oneself) Brit. informal move or rouse oneself. 4) Brit. remove (a stain). 5) informal sell (goods) quickly or in large quantities. 6) … English terms dictionary
shift — [shift] vt. [ME schiften < OE sciftan, to divide, separate < IE * skeib > SHIP] 1. to move or transfer from one person, place, or position to another [to shift the blame] 2. to replace by another or others; change or exchange 3. to… … English World dictionary
