"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), zostawiać w spokoju [imperfective] (Polish), zostawić w spokoju [perfective] (Polish), deixar em paz (Portuguese), lăsa în pace (Romanian), lăsa (Romanian), оставля́ть в поко́е (ostavljátʹ v pokóje) [imperfective] (Russian), оста́вить в поко́е (ostávitʹ v pokóje) [perfective] (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), gadael yn llonydd (Welsh)
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  2. (transitive) To desist or refrain from involvement with. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-leave_alone-en-verb-7RKcaWPl

Inflected forms

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          "roman": "davaty spokij",
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    },
    {
      "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",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "давати спокій"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to stop bothering",
      "word": "gadael yn llonydd"
    }
  ],
  "word": "leave alone"
}

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