LEAVE ALONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does leave alone mean? 

• LEAVE ALONE (verb)
  The verb LEAVE ALONE has 1 sense:

1. leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking

  Familiarity information: LEAVE ALONE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LEAVE ALONE (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

leave; leave alone; leave behind; let alone

Context example:

leave the flowers that you see in the park behind

Hypernyms (to "leave alone" is one way to...):

forbear; refrain (resist doing something)

Verb group:

leave (have left or have as a remainder)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "leave alone"):

let (leave unchanged)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP