alone : Idioms & Phrases

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leave alone

  • verb leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking
    leave; leave behind.
    • leave it as is
    • leave the young fawn alone
    • leave the flowers that you see in the park behind
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let alone

  • adverb much less
    not to mention.
    • she can't boil potatoes, let alone cook a meal
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let-alone

Let"-a*lone" adjective
Definitions
  1. Letting alone.
Webster 1913

sauce-alone

  • noun European herb that smells like garlic
    jack-by-the-hedge; garlic mustard; hedge garlic; Alliaria officinalis.
WordNet
Sauce"-a*lone` noun
Etymology
Etymol. uncertain.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) Jack-by-the-hedge. See under Jack.
Webster 1913

stand-alone

  • adjective satellite capable of operating independently
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The let-alone principle, doctrine, ∨ policy

  • . (Polit. Econ.) See Laissez faire.
Webster 1913

To go it alone

  • (Card Playing), to play a hand without the assistance of one's partner. to do anything without the assistance of one's former associates
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To leave alone

  • . (a) To leave in solitude . (b) To desist or refrain from having to do with; as, to leave dangerous chemicals alone.
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To let or leave

  • alone, to abstain from interfering with or molesting; to suffer to remain in its present state.
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To let alone

  • to leave; to withdraw from; to refrain from interfering with.
Webster 1913