Definition of Leave alone

1. Verb. Leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking. "Leave the flowers that you see in the park behind"

Exact synonyms: Leave, Leave Behind
Specialized synonyms: Let
Generic synonyms: Forbear, Refrain
Related verbs: Leave

Definition of Leave alone

1. Verb. (transitive) To stop bothering. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Leave Alone

leatherworking
leatherworks
leathery
leathery grape fern
leathery jacket
leathery jackets
leathery polypody
leathery turtle
leats
leatwright
leatwrights
leaue
leavable
leave
leave-taking
leave alone
leave behind
leave everything on the road
leave for dead
leave me alone
leave no stone unturned
leave nothing in the tank
leave nothing to the imagination
leave of absence
leave off
leave office
leave one's options open
leave out
leave over
leave somebody high and dry

Literary usage of Leave alone

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"The OED traces leave “let” in the combination leave alone back to about 1400. This leave alone, however, does not seem to have been a very conspicuous part ..."

2. The Minnesota Horticulturist by Minnesota State Horticultural Society (1905)
"leave alone all varieties that are tender, easily blighted or that produce fruit of a poor quality. Buy your trees from responsible northern nurseries. ..."

3. A German and English Dictionary by Karl. Breul (1906)
"... niil leave alone, refrain from doing ; rbear ; to leare (ft/>fn, closed, etc. ... to leave alone, »irb er modi bleiben —, he not to do that ..."

4. Outlines of Rhetoric: Embodied in Rules, Illustrative Examples, and a by John Franklin Genung (1898)
"leave alone, see let alone. Lengthy, not to be used indiscriminately for long. ... Let alone, let be, preferable to leave alone, leave be. ..."

5. Outlines of Composition and Rhetoric by John Franklin Genung, Charles Lane Hanson (1915)
"leave alone. See Let alone. Lengthy. Not to be used indiscriminately for " long. ... Preferable to " leave alone," " leave be." Level-headed. ..."

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