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  • 101let well alone — leave/let well alone British, American & Australian, American to leave something the way it is, because trying to improve it might make it worse. In cases of back trouble, it s difficult to know whether to operate or leave well alone. I m not… …

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  • 102alone — See: LET ALONE or LEAVE ALONE, LET WELL ENOUGH ALONE or LEAVE WELL ENOUGH ALONE …

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  • 103alone — See: LET ALONE or LEAVE ALONE, LET WELL ENOUGH ALONE or LEAVE WELL ENOUGH ALONE …

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  • 104alone — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. apart, solitary, single. adv. individually, solely, singly. See unity, seclusion. Ant., together; accompanied. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Separate from others] Syn. lone, lonely, solitary, separate …

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  • 105alone — See: let alone or leave alone, let well enough alone or leave well enough alone …

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  • 106let someone alone — leave/let/someone alone phrase to stop annoying or criticizing someone I wish they’d just leave me alone. You let Peter alone. He’s not done anyone any harm. Thesaurus: to stop criticizingsynonym Main entry …

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  • 107leave — 1. v. & n. v. (past and past part. left) 1 a tr. go away from; cease to remain in or on (left him quite well an hour ago; leave the track; leave here). b intr. (often foll. by for) depart (we leave tomorrow; has just left for London). 2 tr. cause …

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  • 108leave, let — These words are interchangeable only when accompanied by alone: Leave (or let) Eleanor alone. In correct usage, let normally means to allow, to permit, to cause : Let me do that for you. Leave usually means to go away from or to cause to remain …

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  • 109leave — Synonyms and related words: AWOL, French leave, Godspeed, OK, abandon, abdicate, abrupt, abscondence, absence, absence without leave, absentation, absenteeism, absenting, abstain from, accord, add a codicil, adieu, admission, admit, alienate,… …

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  • 110leave — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. abandon, surrender; quit, forsake; deliver; cease, desist, forgo; bequeath; relinquish. See relinquishment, giving. v. i. go away, depart; omit, postpone. See departure, neglect. n. permission;… …

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