Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “leave someone to their own devices” and it is a phrase meaning “to learn something through (personal) experience or by making mistakes”.
Example Sentence: Nestled deep in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu, cocooned from the world by a young forest, lies a community that wants to change the world. Ask the residents, of Auroville, who come from more than 60 countries, what they are doing there and the answer will be much the same as it has been for more than five decades: “The purpose of Auroville is to realise human unity.”… Since 1988, although the Indian government has had jurisdiction over Auroville, the community has been largely left to its own devices.
This phrase is present in The Guardian article Bulldozers, violence and politics crack an Indian dream of utopia and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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