let+it+alone

  • 21alone */*/*/ — UK [əˈləʊn] / US [əˈloʊn] adjective, adverb Summary: Alone can be used in the following ways: as an adjective (never before a noun): I was alone in the house. as an adverb: Kim prefers to travel alone. ♦ He alone knows where the files are hidden …

    English dictionary

  • 22alone — a|lone [ ə loun ] function word *** Alone can be used in the following ways: as an adjective (never before a noun): I was alone in the house. as an adverb: Kim prefers to travel alone. He alone knows where the files are hidden. 1. ) without… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 23alone — 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

  • 24alone — 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

  • 25let alone — 1. conjunction a) Much less; to say nothing of; I didnt even notice it, let alone mind it. [I didnt even notice it, so certainly I didnt mind it.] b) not to mention, as well as; 2. verb To lea …

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  • 26let — v. 1) (esp. BE; AE has to rent out) (B) ( to give the use of in return for payment ) they let rooms to students 2) (I) ( to allow ) we cannot let them go 3) (esp. BE) (N; used with an adjective) ( to leave ) let it alone * * * [let] (I) ( to… …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 27Let (Rave Master) — Infobox animanga character color = #1E90FF name = Let series = Rave Master caption = Let first = last = creator = Hiro Mashima voiced by = Takehiro Murozono (Japanese) Doug Stone (English) alias = age = 23 species = born = death = class = Dragon …

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  • 28let — see let well alone let the cobbler stick to his last let the dead bury the dead let them laugh that win live and let live let sleeping dogs lie spare at the spigot, and l …

    Proverbs new dictionary

  • 29let — let1 [let] vt. let, letting [ME leten < OE lætan, to leave behind, akin to Ger lassen < IE * lēd < base * lēi , to neglect, leave behind > LATE, L letum, death] 1. to leave; forsake; abandon: now only in phrases let alone or let be or …

    English World dictionary

  • 30let well enough alone — or[leave well enough alone] {v. phr.} To be satisfied with what is good enough; not try to improve something because often that might cause more trouble. * /John wanted to make his kite go higher, but his father told him to let well enough alone… …

    Dictionary of American idioms