bootstrap
fend for oneself
leave someone to their own devices
lend a hand
stand on one's own two feet
manage
save
wed
back up
support
go one's own way
make free with
subaid
box oneself into a corner
paint oneself into a corner
butt heads
be one's own man
gird up one's loins
lead with one's chin
give with one hand and take away with the other
voluntell
be one's own worst enemy
leave someone high and dry
help
leave the nest
survive
plough one's own furrow
get out
subsist
exist
live
put in a good word
set one's face against
hold in
go to the goat's house for wool
sarpork
back the wrong horse
stand on one's own bottom
pull oneself up by one's bootstraps
relieve
absent
stand on its own
shore
give someone a hand
pitch in
shoot oneself in the foot
abet