Shift for yourself meaning
Shift for yourself is a phrasal verb that means to manage or provide for yourself without help from other people.
- Past simple
- shifted for yourself
- Past participle
- shifted for yourself
- -ing form
- shifting for yourself
What shift for yourself means
manage without helpC2old-fashioned
To manage or provide for yourself without help from other people
At sixteen he was expected to shift for himself.
Similar phrasal verbs
With for: call for, care for, look for, do for, feel for, file for, go for, live for, make for, root for.
Common questions
What does shift for yourself mean?
To manage or provide for yourself without help from other people.
What is the past tense of shift for yourself?
Shifted for yourself, which is also its past participle.
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