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