Idiom
not leave one's thoughts
Meaning
To remain in one's mind for a long duration.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“That sad song does not leave my thoughts.”
“The kind words the stranger said to her did not leave her thoughts for the rest of the day.”
“The haunting image of the abandoned house did not leave his thoughts, even as he tried to focus on his work in the busy city.”
Examples
simple
“That sad song does not leave my thoughts.”
contextual
“The kind words the stranger said to her did not leave her thoughts for the rest of the day.”
complex
“The haunting image of the abandoned house did not leave his thoughts, even as he tried to focus on his work in the busy city.”
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