leave something to the imagination

leave something to the imagination
leave (something) to the imagination
: to not show or describe all of the parts or details of (something)

Try to leave something to the imagination.

The movie's sex scenes leave nothing to the imagination. [=they show everything]

His explicit description of the crime scene left little to the imagination.

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leave (something) to the imagination — see imagination
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