leave alone

English

Verb

leave alone (third-person singular simple present leaves alone, present participle leaving alone, simple past and past participle left alone)

1. (transitive) To stop bothering (a person).

   I wish he'd leave me alone.

   We left her alone until she calmed down.

2. (transitive) To desist or refrain from involvement with.

   It's safest to leave dangerous chemicals alone.

Synonyms

• let alone (verb)

Derived terms

• leave well enough alone

Translations

to stop bothering

• Dutch: met rust laten (nl)
• Finnish: jättää rauhaan
• French: laisser tranquille, lâcher la grappe (fr), lâcher les baskets (fr)
• Hungarian: békén hagy
• Maori: waiho
• Portuguese: deixar em paz
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• Russian: оста́вить в покое (ostávitʹ v pokoje)
• Scottish Gaelic: leig le
• Serbo-Croatian: pustiti na miru
• Spanish: dejar en paz
• Turkish: yalnız bırakmak, rahat bırakmak, bırakmak (tr)
• Ukrainian: давати спокій impf (davaty spokij)