"leave to chance" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: leaves to chance [present, singular, third-person], leaving to chance [participle, present], left to chance [participle, past], left to chance [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|leave<,,left> to chance}} leave to chance (third-person singular simple present leaves to chance, present participle leaving to chance, simple past and past participle left to chance)
  1. (transitive, chiefly in the negative) Not to take care of something; not to plan for something. Tags: transitive Related terms: leave to one's own devices Translations (Translations): overlade til tilfældighederne (Danish), aan het toeval overlaten (Dutch), jättää sattuman varaan (Finnish), laisser au hasard (French), dem Zufall überlassen (German), lasciare al caso (Italian), zostawiać losowi [imperfective] (Polish), zostawić losowi [perfective] (Polish), zostawiać przypadkowi [imperfective] (Polish), zostawić przypadkowi [perfective] (Polish)

Inflected forms

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      "form": "left to chance",
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          "text": "to leave nothing to chance",
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          "type": "example"
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        "Not to take care of something; not to plan for something."
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          "take care"
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          "plan",
          "plan"
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        "(transitive, chiefly in the negative) Not to take care of something; not to plan for something."
      ],
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        "in the negative"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "leave to one's own devices"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
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        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "overlade til tilfældighederne"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "aan het toeval overlaten"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "jättää sattuman varaan"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "laisser au hasard"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "dem Zufall überlassen"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "lasciare al caso"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "zostawiać losowi"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "zostawić losowi"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "zostawiać przypadkowi"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "zostawić przypadkowi"
        }
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  ],
  "word": "leave to chance"
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        "third-person"
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        "participle",
        "present"
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      "form": "left to chance",
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      "form": "left to chance",
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        "past"
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      "word": "leave to one's own devices"
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        {
          "text": "to leave nothing to chance",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "You shouldn't leave that to chance.",
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        }
      ],
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        "Not to take care of something; not to plan for something."
      ],
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          "plan",
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        "(transitive, chiefly in the negative) Not to take care of something; not to plan for something."
      ],
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        "in the negative"
      ],
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      ]
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  ],
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "overlade til tilfældighederne"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "aan het toeval overlaten"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "jättää sattuman varaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "laisser au hasard"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "dem Zufall überlassen"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "lasciare al caso"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "zostawiać losowi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zostawić losowi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "zostawiać przypadkowi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zostawić przypadkowi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "leave to chance"
}

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