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
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
Fire suppression has become a dangerous game of whack-a-mole, a race to choose which fires are worth containing, which to leave alone and which must be abandoned to protect human life.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2020
But I would prefer if they’d leave alone my delicious lime-flavored tortilla chips, please.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 7, 2020
Instead my hands go to my hairdo, the one area of my body my prep team had been told to leave alone.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
