"leave it at that" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-leave it at that.ogg [Australia] Forms: leaves it at that [present, singular, third-person], leaving it at that [participle, present], left it at that [participle, past], left it at that [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|leave<,,left> it at that}} leave it at that (third-person singular simple present leaves it at that, present participle leaving it at that, simple past and past participle left it at that)
  1. (idiomatic) To agree that there has been enough discussion, study, etc. and that it is time to stop. Tags: idiomatic Translations (to agree that there has been enough discussion, study, etc. and that it is time to stop): en rester là (French), es dabei belassen (German), остано́вимся на э́том (ostanóvimsja na étom) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-leave_it_at_that-en-verb-S3P2phuV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with placeholder "it"

Inflected forms

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