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You never quite know what's going to strike your imagination, or something that won't going to leave you alone, not going to leave alone, and this was one for me.
Peter Shaffer

Meaning of "leave alone" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LEAVE ALONE

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LEAVE ALONE

leave
leave be
leave behind
leave for dead
leave go
leave it at that
leave much to be desired
leave no stone unturned
leave of absence
leave off
leave out
leave someone alone
leave someone cold
leave someone in the lurch
leave someone or something in the dust
leave someone to himself
leave someone to his own devices
leave the field
leave well alone
leave-taking

WORDS THAT END LIKE LEAVE ALONE

abalone
alone
anticyclone
chalone
clone
cyclone
go it alone
home-alone
just leave well alone
leave someone alone
leave well alone
let alone
lone
methaqualone
pallone
Pantalone
prednisolone
provolone
quinolone
stand-alone

Synonyms and antonyms of leave alone in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «leave alone» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LEAVE ALONE

Find out the translation of leave alone to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of leave alone from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «leave alone» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

先不谈
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

dejen en paz
570 millions of speakers

English

leave alone
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अकेला छोड़ दो
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ترك وحده
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

оставить в покое
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

deixe em paz
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

একা থাকতে দাও
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

laisser seul
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

tinggal seorang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

allein lassen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

そっとしておく
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

혼자 떠나
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ninggalake piyambak
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

rời khỏi một mình
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தனியாக விடு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मला एकट सोड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yalnız bırak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lasciano in pace
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zostawić w spokoju
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

залишити в спокої
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lăsa în pace
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αφήσει μόνο του
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

uitlos
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lämna ensam
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

forlate alene
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LEAVE ALONE»

The term «leave alone» is regularly used and occupies the 108.330 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LEAVE ALONE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about leave alone

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4 QUOTES WITH «LEAVE ALONE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word leave alone.
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Peter Guber
There's a sense of aliveness that comes from connection, shared experience. And you see it in every place. You see it when ball players jump up and down, gather at home plate, hugging, and it's not just because they're winning, it's that shared moment, that feeling of - we enter the world alone, we leave alone.
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Itzhak Perlman
For people who are really talented, what you don't say becomes extremely important. You have to judge what to say and what to leave alone so you can let the talent develop.
3
Pete Rose
Some players you pat their butts, some players you kick their butts, some players you leave alone.
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Peter Shaffer
You never quite know what's going to strike your imagination, or something that won't going to leave you alone, not going to leave alone, and this was one for me.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LEAVE ALONE»

Discover the use of leave alone in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to leave alone and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Collection of Confusible Phrases
What is life, old boy, but a leap in the dark? shot in the dark a wild guess or try made at random: The suggestion was just a shot in the dark, but it turned out to be correct. leave alone leave well alone leave alone (also: let alone) not to mention: ...
Yuri Dolgopolov, 2004
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Robert Hartwell Fiske's Dictionary of Unendurable English: A ...
See also leave alone. leave alone Misused for let alone PS TJNJMBS XPSET t ) PX DBO QFPQMF like you and me ever hope to come to any sort of grips with social theory, leave alone Social Theory? Use let alone. t * SFDBMM XIJMF JO ...
Robert Hartwell Fiske, 2011
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A Dictionary of Modern English Usage: The Classic First Edition
anything between them, in which the real meaning is merely to leave alone, & severely is no more than an echo, is pointless & vapid & in print intolerable. Examples follow: (1, straightforward) You must show him, by leaving him severely alone, ...
H. W. Fowler, David Crystal, 2009
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Confessions of a Lapsed Neo-Davidsonian: Events and ...
In other words, it's clear that the notion of logical subject plays the crucial role in determining adverbial construal, but the formalization of this construal I've provided leaves something to be desired. 8.5.4.2 Carlson and leave alone Let's return ...
Samuel L. Bayer, 2013
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To Pester Or Leave Alone: Lifetime Value Maximization ...
Attempts to understand the impact of communication frequency on customer retention and on lifetime value.
Xavier Dreze, Andre Bonfrer, Singapore Management University. School of Business, 2003
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Concordance of the Qur'an: Extracted from the M.H. Shakir ...
... and do not touch 7:l76 if you leave him alone he lolls out his tongue; this is the parable of 7:l80 therefore call on Him thereby, and leave alone those who violate the 7:l86 and He leaves them alone in their inordinacy, blindly wandering on.
‎2007
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A Concordance to the Poems of Robert Browning
'Twas not 'take or leave alone,' 604.10 Aristoph. 2375 When imaged god alone got injury 606.65 Aristoph. 2603 By, not alone the long recorded roll 608.78 Aristoph. 2795 Such aims — alone, no matter for the means — .. 611.31 Aristoph.
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First Verbs: A Case Study of Early Grammatical Development
A related expression is learned and used in complex sentences beginning at around 21 months: T tells people to “Leave alone.” For example, she tells herself to “Leave Stu's beer alone” (20.27); she tells Mommy to “Leave me alone” at 21.01 ...
Michael Tomasello, 1992
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Fuzzy Systems: Modeling and Control
This "leave alone" condition is generated when the activation function produces a zero output. DIFFERENTIAL DIFFERENCE FLO WRATH IN HE AD YALYE1 VALVE 2 390 FUZZY SYSTEMS: MODELING AND CONTROL. Head Output Flow  ...
Hung T. Nguyen, Michio Sugeno, 1998
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Sabbath and Jubilee
The ambiguity centers on the precise meaning of the two verbs "release" and " leave alone," and the noun to which their pronouns ("it") refer. Interpreters traditionally have assumed that the "it" to be "released" and "left alone" in verse 1 1 refers ...
Richard H. Lowery, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LEAVE ALONE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term leave alone is used in the context of the following news items.
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Ashes:Everything has suddenly gone wrong for England
It was Alastair Cook or nothing now and when the captain wafted at Johnson, trying to cut a ball he had to leave alone, two were gone. Ballance ... «Mackay Daily Mercury, Jul 15»
2
Watch: Tour de France stage 15 highlights - Cycling Weekly
... gone either way with an opening 18km drag uphill, with an early break attacking and forming that the GC teams were likely to leave alone. «Cycling Weekly, Jul 15»
3
How to bridge the trust deficit at work with compassion | Latest News …
Our bosses and leaders have to live and deliver such unrealistic expectations that there is no time to eat a nutritious lunch, leave alone ... «Daily News & Analysis, Jul 15»
4
With fun and trivia, this Bhagavad Gita is for all ages
... in a host of languages has been rather difficult for adults and the young alike to fathom in its true spirit, leave alone its original text in Sanskrit. «Big News Network.com, Jul 15»
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REWIND - Jimmy Eat World's Bleed American turns 14: JOE's tribute …
Nevermind had been the perfect storm of rage and melody, as infectious as it was infected, the cut on the roof of your mouth that you can't leave alone. «JOE, Jul 15»
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Basar could have been better packaged - The Hindu
Leave alone this ancient temple, the authorities have failed even to project the Vyasa shila as a place to visit. The rock is unique as it ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
7
Kollywood could come to a standstill as financiers become unwilling …
Traditional financiers are no longer funding risky big-star movies, leave alone small-budget films. Kollywood today is over-heated with the high ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
8
We too at Kamayole want Obama not to pass us by
The improvement of roads that he is expected to use can be described from here to the backyard of Timbuktu and back, leave alone the ... «The Standard Digital News, Jul 15»
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On Believing One's Own Sycophants | The Sunday Leader
... of the more subtle 'commissions' and 'santhosams' that accompanied so much as the establishment of contracts, leave alone their execution. «Sunday Leader, Jul 15»
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Recruiters on job, but worries about safety rise | NWADG - NWAOnline
At recruitment centers, the elevated security meant that recruiters were not allowed to leave alone after dark -- they "had to have a buddy," the ... «Northwest Arkansas News, Jul 15»

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