leave alone
Example Sentences
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With that feedback, executives then determined which menu items to take prices up on and which to leave alone.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026
He said Bedrock could have outsourced all of its Seattle-area manufacturing to Los Angeles, but concluded that the three “core” products remaining in the Seattle area made economic sense to leave alone.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 2, 2023
Their first order of business was to review every dish to see which they could jettison, which they could leave alone and which they could improve.
From Washington Post • Dec. 6, 2021
On March 18, agents conducting surveillance saw Flores leave alone in a medium-size truck that had a separate cargo area accessible only from the back.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2020
“So be it! I will leave alone any seeds you plant in this cornfield. You must let me out this very moment! I need to make myself scarce. The sun rises!”
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
