shift for oneself
• manage as best one can without help.
Similar:
cope (on one's own),
manage (by oneself),
survive,
manage without help/assistance,
make it on one's own,
fend for oneself,
take care of oneself,
make do,
get by/along,
scrape by/along,
muddle through/along,
make ends meet,
keep the wolf from the door,
stand on one's own two feet,
keep one's head above water,
paddle one's own canoe,
make out,
