"leave alone" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: leaves alone [present, singular, third-person], leaving alone [participle, present], left alone [participle, past], left alone [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|leave<,,left> alone}} leave alone (third-person singular simple present leaves alone, present participle leaving alone, simple past and past participle left alone)
  1. (transitive) To stop bothering (a person). Tags: transitive Synonyms: let alone [verb] Derived forms: leave it alone, leave well enough alone Translations (to stop bothering): əl çəkmək (Azerbaijani), met rust laten (Dutch), jättää rauhaan (Finnish), laisser tranquille (French), lâcher la grappe (French), lâcher les baskets (French), deixar estar (Galician), in Ruhe lassen (German), αφήνω ήσυχο (afíno ísycho) (Greek), békén hagy (Hungarian), lasciare stare (Italian), lasciare in pace (Italian), waiho (Maori), deixar em paz (Portuguese), lăsa în pace (Romanian), lăsa (Romanian), оста́вить в покое (ostávitʹ v pokoje) (Russian), leig le (Scottish Gaelic), pustiti na miru (Serbo-Croatian), dejar en paz (Spanish), lämna ifred (Swedish), låta bli (Swedish), yalnız bırakmak (Turkish), rahat bırakmak (Turkish), bırakmak (Turkish), давати спокій (davaty spokij) [imperfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-leave_alone-en-verb-UPq8CBeD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of 'to stop bothering': 95 5
  2. (transitive) To desist or refrain from involvement with. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-leave_alone-en-verb-7RKcaWPl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54

Inflected forms

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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to stop bothering",
      "word": "əl çəkmək"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "to stop bothering",
      "word": "met rust laten"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "to stop bothering",
      "word": "jättää rauhaan"
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      "sense": "to stop bothering",
      "word": "laisser tranquille"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to stop bothering",
      "word": "lâcher la grappe"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to stop bothering",
      "word": "lâcher les baskets"
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      "sense": "to stop bothering",
      "word": "deixar estar"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to stop bothering",
      "word": "in Ruhe lassen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "afíno ísycho",
      "sense": "to stop bothering",
      "word": "αφήνω ήσυχο"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to stop bothering",
      "word": "békén hagy"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to stop bothering",
      "word": "lasciare stare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to stop bothering",
      "word": "lasciare in pace"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to stop bothering",
      "word": "waiho"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to stop bothering",
      "word": "deixar em paz"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to stop bothering",
      "word": "lăsa în pace"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to stop bothering",
      "word": "lăsa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ostávitʹ v pokoje",
      "sense": "to stop bothering",
      "word": "оста́вить в покое"
    },
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to stop bothering",
      "word": "leig le"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to stop bothering",
      "word": "pustiti na miru"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to stop bothering",
      "word": "dejar en paz"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to stop bothering",
      "word": "lämna ifred"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to stop bothering",
      "word": "låta bli"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to stop bothering",
      "word": "yalnız bırakmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to stop bothering",
      "word": "rahat bırakmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to stop bothering",
      "word": "bırakmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "davaty spokij",
      "sense": "to stop bothering",
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      "word": "давати спокій"
    }
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}

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