let+it+alone
1let well alone — To let things remain as they are from fear of making them worse • • • Main Entry: ↑let * * * leave/let/well alone phrase to avoid trying to improve or change something that is satisfactory Sometimes it’s better to just leave well alone …
2let someone alone — let (someone) alone to not annoy or interrupt someone. I tried to keep my promise not to call her, to let her alone to think, but finally I needed to talk to her …
3let well alone — Well is normally considered here as a noun (‘what is well’), rather than an adverb. The proverb is also frequently found in the form leave well alone. c 1570 Scoggin’s Jests (1626) 76 The shomaker thought to make his house greater... They pulled… …
4let someone alone — leave/let/someone alone phrase to stop annoying or criticizing someone I wish they’d just leave me alone. You let Peter alone. He’s not done anyone any harm. Thesaurus: to stop criticizingsynonym Main entry …
5let well alone — leave/let well alone British, American & Australian, American to leave something the way it is, because trying to improve it might make it worse. In cases of back trouble, it s difficult to know whether to operate or leave well alone. I m not… …
6let somebody alone — leave/let sb alone idiom to stop annoying sb or trying to get their attention • She s asked to be left alone but the press photographers follow her everywhere. Main entry: ↑aloneidiom …
7let well alone — ► leave (or let) well alone refrain from interfering with or trying to improve something. Main Entry: ↑well …
8let him alone — let him be, don t bother him, leave him by himself …
9let well alone — leave things as they are, not try to change something …
10let something alone — …
