to let sth alone

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• let well alone — To let things remain as they are from fear of making them worse • • • Main Entry: ↑let * * * leave/let/well alone phrase to avoid trying to improve or change something that is satisfactory Sometimes it’s better to just leave well alone …   Useful english dictionary

• alone — 1 adjective 1 (not before noun) without any other people: She lives alone. | alone together (=if two people are alone together there is no one else in the place where they are): Suddenly they found themselves alone together in the room. 2 without …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• alone — a|lone W1S2 [əˈləun US əˈloun] adj, adv [not before noun] [Date: 1200 1300; Origin: all one wholly one ] 1.) if you are alone in a place, there is no one with you = ↑by yourself ▪ She lives alone . ▪ You shouldn t leave a child alone in the house …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• let*/*/*/ — [let] (past tense and past participle let) verb 1) [T] to allow something to happen, or to allow someone to do something Alice s mum won t let her come with us.[/ex] I stepped back and let him pass.[/ex] The large windows let in a lot of… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• let — 1 /let/ verb past tense and past participle letpresent participle letting 1 ALLOW (transitive not in passive) a) to allow someone to do something: I wanted to go out but my Dad wouldn t let me. | let sb do sth: She won t let her children play by… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• let — let1 W1S1 [let] v past tense and past participle let present participle letting ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(allow)¦ 2¦(not stop something happening)¦ 3 let go 4 let somebody go 5¦(suggest/offer)¦ 6 let s see 7 let me think …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• let somebody be — ˌleave/ˌlet sb/sth ˈbe idiom to leave sb/sth alone without disturbing them or it • Leave her be, she obviously doesn t want to talk about it. • Let the poor dog be (= don t annoy it). Main entry: ↑beidiom …   Useful english dictionary

• let something be — ˌleave/ˌlet sb/sth ˈbe idiom to leave sb/sth alone without disturbing them or it • Leave her be, she obviously doesn t want to talk about it. • Let the poor dog be (= don t annoy it). Main entry: ↑beidiom …   Useful english dictionary

• let sleeping dogs lie — phrase to leave a person or situation alone if they might cause you trouble Don’t ask him again. It’s better to let sleeping dogs lie. Thesaurus: to not act, or to not do somethingsynonym Main entry: sleep * * * I see …   Useful english dictionary

• let well enough alone — leave/let well aˈlone idiom (BrE) (NAmE let well enough aˈlone) to not get involved in sth that does not concern you • When it comes to other people s arguments, it s better to leave well alone …   Useful english dictionary

• leave well alone — leave/let/well alone phrase to avoid trying to improve or change something that is satisfactory Sometimes it’s better to just leave well alone. Thesaurus: to avoid doing something, or to avoid somethingsynonym Main entry …   Useful english dictionary