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live and let live

NOUN
laissez-faire
Synonyms
WEAK
do-nothing policy for the most free enterprise free hand inaction indifference individualism laisser aller laisser passer latitude let-alone policy neutrality noninterference nonintervention nonrestriction part unrestrained by law free trade permissiveness

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She said people should "live and let live" and look after each other.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2025

And that’s when I get really upset, like we really need to do a lot of education on anthropomorphizing, on just live and let live, and step back.

From Salon • Apr. 29, 2025

Wyoming has long been a deeply conservative state but one that often avoided weighing in on social matters — live and let live is a credo of rural life in the West.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 20, 2023

After many on the Internet co-opted his most famous cartoon creation more than a decade ago, he was long willing to live and let live.

From Washington Post • May 30, 2021

Why couldn’t people just live and let live?

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson