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leave it alone

idiom
Meaning

Synonym of let it be.


Examples
SIMPLE

Please leave it alone and stop touching the wires.

CONTEXTUAL

The argument was getting heated, so I decided to leave it alone and walk away.

COMPLEX

Although the historical evidence remained ambiguous, the researchers chose to leave it alone rather than risk drawing premature conclusions.

Anchors to
Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    eat and leave no crumbs

    Synonym of eat (“to be very good at something; to rule; to rock”).

  2. 02

    French leave

    A departure taken quietly and unnoticed, without asking for permission or informing anyone.

  3. 03

    Jack

    [Cockney slang]alone

  4. 04

    leave a sour taste in one's mouth

    To give one an unpleasant feeling or memory.

  5. 05

    leave at the door

    To dispense with something for now; to forget about it situationally, or omit or discard it in a given place or instance.

  6. 06

    leave behind

    To abandon.

  7. 07

    leave for dust

    To leave or abandon someone alone without helping or caring for them.

  8. 08

    leave home

    To stop living with one's parents.

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