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Idiom

leave things be

Meaning

Synonym of let it be.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“It is better to leave things be for now.”

“The argument was getting heated, so I decided to leave things be and walk away.”

“Rather than reopening old wounds by questioning the decision, he chose to leave things be and focus on the future.”

Examples

simple

“It is better to leave things be for now.”

contextual

“The argument was getting heated, so I decided to leave things be and walk away.”

complex

“Rather than reopening old wounds by questioning the decision, he chose to leave things be and focus on the future.”

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