leave alone

leave alone
verb
leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking
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leave it as is

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leave the young fawn alone

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leave the flowers that you see in the park behind

• Syn: ↑leave, ↑leave behind
• Hypernyms: ↑refrain, ↑forbear
• Hyponyms: ↑let
• Verb Group: ↑leave
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s somebody

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Something ——s somebody

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Something ——s something

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Somebody ——s somebody PP

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Somebody ——s something PP

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phrasal
1. : to leave in solitude

afraid that she would be left alone — Carson McCullers

2. : to refrain from touching or disturbing

leave that paper alone

3. : to refrain from using or having to do with

leave the beer alone tonight — A.P.Gaskell

housewives can presumably take their soap operas or leave them alone — M.C.Faught

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leave alone
To let remain undisturbed
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Main Entry: ↑leave

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leave (someone or something) alone — see ↑leave, 1
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Main Entry: ↑alone
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leave (someone or something) alone
: to not bother or touch (someone or something)

Please leave the baby alone. She needs to sleep.

Please leave the vase alone.

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Main Entry: ↑leave

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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